KIRKLISTON CHILDREN'S GALA AND CROWNING OF QUEEN
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Title: KIRKLISTON CHILDREN'S GALA AND CROWNING OF QUEEN
Reference number: 1296
Date: 1954, July 3
Director: [filmed by Mr. Miller for the Regal Cinema, Broxburn]
Sound: silent
Original format: 35mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 4.36 mins
Description: Procession of the Gala Queen and "The Champion" through the streets of Kirkliston, West Lothian. 3rd July 1954.[Male attendants chosen by virtue of shoe size - if your feet fitted the courtiers' shoes you got the role.]
Shotlist: Credits (0.10); Procession of Gala Queen including "The Champion", "fairies" and courtly retinue process to a stage from a school building? (2.05); pan over participants on stage; shots of coronation ceremony, with female dignitary (3.03); Shots of crowds, including younger children singing (4.20); Shots of fancy dress competition (4.36); [Also two small rolls trims.] (0.00) Broxburn News (0.04) groups of boys and then girls grin at camera (0.25) (0.00) crowning ceremony of Gala Queen from another year (1.06)