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Title: MARCH OF THE ROYAL MILE

Reference number: 4612

Date: 1956*/1958*

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 10.30 mins

Description: An amateur film recording the streets of Edinburgh centre in the 1950s. Includes footage of the Royal Mile, the Grassmarket, St. Giles Cathedral, the Museum of Childhood, Carrubbers Close Mission, Huntly House Museum and Holyrood Palace.

Specially Commended by Amateur Cine World.

T. B. Sansom was a member of the Edinburgh Cine Society, and won many awards.

Shotlist: This film has been specially Commended by Amateur Cine World (0.04) brief shot, Edinburgh Castle (0.09) [blank] (0.12) title credits; The Castle is the highest point of the Royal Mile, at the lowest point is Holyrood Palace. Between these two historical places lies a wealth of history brief exts around the castle, including the Camera Obscura building and a horse and cart ride for the tourists (1.28) gvs around the Grassmarket, includes shot of girls playing with skipping rope and women leaning out of tenement windows (2.07) brief shots Wardrop's Court and St. Giles Street; exts St. Giles Cathedral from various angles (2.48) view down Advocate's Close (2.57) gvs antique shops on the Royal Mile (3.07) brief exts, then ints of the displays on offer at the Museum of Childhood (4.28) exts Carrubbers Close Mission building, brief shot of elderly man giving out leaflets (4.57) shot of jewellery shop window (5.09) The Old Gives Way To The New building work and scaffolding at the lower end of the Royal Mile (5.40) exts shops, including The Fudge Shop and Jameson and Purvey, gold and silver craftsmen (6.17) ints same, gvs man engraving silverware (7.34) exts and ints Huntly House Museum, including shot of Sir Walter Scott's Rocking Horse (8.23) exts Canongate Kirk (8.48) horse and cart approaching (9.19) gvs around Holyrood Palace (10.25) The End (10.30)