BORDERS LOCAL NEWSREELS NO. 1, HAWICK COMMON RIDING NO. 2 AT NIPKNOWS
Full length video
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Title: BORDERS LOCAL NEWSREELS NO. 1, HAWICK COMMON RIDING NO. 2 AT NIPKNOWS
Reference number: 6181
Date: 1899 - 1906c
Director: [filmed by David Gaylor]
Production company: [ Border Kinematograph Co.]
Sound: silent
Original format: 35mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 0.54 mins
Description:
Made between 1899 - 1906, this film depicts a parade or special walk connected to the Hawick Common Riding. It features people in carriages and on horseback. The parade takes place at Nipknows.
The Border Kinematograph Co. was established in Hawick by local jeweller David Gaylor c. 1899, operating until c. 1906 across the Borders towns. See research notes and contemporary press cuttings.
Shotlist:
Reel 1
(2.33) No credits. Static shot of parade or special walk along country lane with some people on horseback, some in carriages, several women with parasols. Parade takes place in Nipknows (3.19) - Blank (3.27)
[From research notes: Cavalcade making for the MAIR (Moor) for a days horse racing and picnic via Nipknows, where horsemen gallop up the hill.]