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Title: SINGER SPORTS GALA 1961

Reference number: 1587

Date: 1961

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 11.31 mins

Description: Coverage of Singer Sports Gala, Dalmuir and the procession led in by the pipes and drums of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

Credits: Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ltd.

Shotlist: Credits (.06); Sports Gala. Recreation Grounds, Dalmuir, Saturday 3 June 1961. General views of open air sports field and shots of the competitors, including Clydesdale Harriers and spectators (2.50); The procession is led onto the field by the Colour Party of the 3rd Clydebank Rover Scouts followed by the pipes and drums of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Clydebank Burgh Band and local Youth organisations. General views of the procession of Singer Gala Queen and retinue. (6.10); Mrs W S Robertson crowns Miss May Campbell the Singer Queen 1961. General views of the coronation ceremony (11.18); The dresses were designed and created in the Home Dressmaking Centre and Education Department of the Singer Sewing Machine Co Ltd (11.31)