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Title: PIPERS U.N.I.C.A ROYAL VISIT TO GLASGOW HAMPDEN 1952

Reference number: 10445

Date: 1951 - 1952

Director: filmed by Valerie Murdoch

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 8.21 mins

Description: Amateur footage of events in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ralston during a visit to Scotland by the Queen and Prince Philip.

Intertitles from this film and some footage thereafter are identical to sections of ref.0939 GLASGOW WELCOMES THE QUEEN (dated 1953).

Shotlist: Shots of a large pipe band gathered in formation on Royal Mile, Edinburgh - they begin to march and play as crowds on the pavement watch. GVs of clan gathering at Murrayfield stadium with pipe bands playing - Scottish country dancing display on the pitch. The camera zooming out shows that many other groups of men and women are also dancing on the pitch - clan gathering at Murrayfield. VISIT TO RALSTON - THE SCOTTISH VETERANS’ GARDEN CITY ASSOCIATION COTTAGES gvs street, decorated with flags, bunting and a banner. Queen Elizabeth arrives in a car with Prince Philip. Officials greet them before the Queen is given flowers by a little girl and the crowds of spectators clap. Shots of the crowds. Shots as the Queen and the larger group enter a house. They then exit the house. Shots of crowds of children before the Queen and Prince Philip get into their car and wave as they leave. Shots of a sign ‘Will Ye No Come Back Again’. YOUTH TAKES OVER MASSED - DISPLAYS AT HAMPDEN Shots of a series of pipe bands marching into the Hampden Park and shots of the crowd. Shots of women in nurses uniforms and shots of the bands in formation. Shots of the Queen and Prince Philip arriving in their car, the Queen is shown waving to the camera. Shots of the Queen as she goes on to the pitch to inspect the bands. Shots as the bands begin to march. Shots of people doing karate, gymnastic and football demonstrations. More shots of the pipes before the Queen and Prince wave as their car leaves.