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Title: OVER THE CAPEL TO BIRKHALL

Reference number: 1613

Date: 1960

Director: d. Norman Brown

Sponsor: The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)

Sound: mute

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 23.53 mins

Description: Footage of the march from Cortachy Castle to Royal Deeside, Birkhill by the 4/5th Battalion of the Black Watch, to parade in front of their Colonel-in-chief the Queen Mother. [Shot on Kodachrome].

Credits: [comm w. and nar. Nicol Williamson
camera Angus Brown]

Shotlist: Credits (0.54); Over the week-end of 3rd and 4th September, 1960, 200 officers and men of the 4/5th Battalion The Black Watch marched from Cortachy Castle through the lovely Braes of Angus to Royal Deeside to parade at Birkhall before the Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. We invite you to come with the men of this Territorial Battalion on this memorable march ... Map and illustration (1.23); Exterior shot of Cortachy Castle, group of soldiers and veterans (1.50); Troops on road to the castle and arriving in front of same. Lord Airlie, Honorary Colonel of 4/5 Battalion takes the salute as the troops march out led by Lieutenant Colonel Stormonth Darling (4.08); General views of people in castle grounds (4.33); Illustration (4.45); Battalion en route breaks formal march. General views of village en route and battalion on road towards Glen Clover (6.14); Illustration (6.24); More shots of troops on road. Battalion camps overnight (8.04); Illustration (8.34); Shots of troops climbing over the Capel (9.44); Shot of HM Queen Mother standing unexpected at foot of Capel waiting to meet battalion on their way down. General views as battalion files past (11.15); General views battalion en route. Prince Charles and Princess Anne stand on rock to watch. HM Queen Elizabeth also stands by path with corgi (12.07); General views of landscape (12.15); The Royal Family standing informally by a Land Rover. Queen Mother then leaves for Birkhall. General views Queen and children walking along lochside (12.51); Queen Mother's Land Rover drives past troops (13.11); Linn of Muick. Lord Airlie and Queen wait for troops. General views of troops marching, arriving at camp (15.25); Illustration (15.33); Battalion forms up at Birkhall for inspection. General views of the spectators. HM Queen Mother and Major General Viscount Arbuthnot inspect the Battalion and greet some of the guests (21.35); The Queen Mother takes the salute at march past (23.07); Troops march off again (23.38); ecs (23.53)