RECTORIAL BATTLE IN EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY OLD QUAD, 1966

Mayhem in the Old Quad at Edinburgh University as rival students battle it out with flour bombs, paper streamers and anything else that comes to hand. (clip)

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Title: RECTORIAL BATTLE IN EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY OLD QUAD, 1966

Reference number: 3653

Date: 1966c

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 3.43 mins

Description: Rectorial battle in Edinburgh University Old Quad in 1966.

See also ref. 8709

Shotlist: [no title or credits] shots of students in the old quad throwing flour and paper streamers at each other - resembles a riot, the film at the end shows the mess created by the students once the rival factions have dispersed, Rectorial 66 [as an end credit] (3.43)