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Title: CROSSING THE TWEED

Reference number: 0764

Date: 1932*

Sponsor: [possibly commissioned by Pavilion, Galashiels]

Production company: Universal News

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 4.07 mins

Description: The festival of the Braw Lads Gathering in Galashiels in the Borders.

See also ref. 0766

Shotlist: Credits (0.09); Shot of the "Braw Lad" and "Lassie" who will attend the Burgh Chambers to receive the historic flag of Galashiels for the day. Flag presented by the Provost (0.38); Pipe band precedes the two as they ride off with the flag (1.04); They ford the River Tweed to visit Abbotsford House, where they are received by General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, DSO, Great-Grandson of the novelist, Walter Scott (1.47); They drink a toast and the "Bonnie Lass" is presented with a bloom (2.10); Shots of the attendants also on horse-back, partaking of refreshments (2.21); Leaving Abbotsford House, they make for the Old Market Cross (2.41); Shot of crowded Market Cross. Traditional ceremonies are performed (3.20); Crowd scenes and shots of people waving to camera (4.07)