BO'NESS FAIR 1912
Full length video
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Title: BO'NESS FAIR 1912
Reference number: 1316
Date: 1912
Director: filmed by Louis Dickson
Sponsor: Hippodrome Cinema, Bo'ness
Sound: silent
Original format: 35mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 5.43 mins
Description:
Bo'ness Children's Fair Festival, 1912. Coronation of Fair Queen Annie Peace and fancy dress procession.
Very comprehensive website about the Bo'Ness Fair can be found at at http://www.thefairday.com/ [last accessed 12/2/2018]
In April 2009, the Hippodrome reopened as a working cinema - see http://www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/venues/hippodrome/ for further information. You can also find out about the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival which is held there annually: http://www.hippfest.co.uk
Shotlist:
[Shotlist at different speed - actual running time is 5.43 @ 18 fps]
Credits. Bo'ness Public School - Queen Annie Peace (.05); General shots of the crowds (.31); Shots of the parade as it passes through streets, including shots of flower girls and boys wearing fancy dress (2.22); The Festival Queen is crowned and later leads the parade (4.08); Girls dancing and two small children in fancy dress (4.19)