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Title: BOYS' BRIGADE RECRUITING MARCHES, LEITH

Reference number: 1726

Date: 1925c

Director: [filmed by Topical Productions, Glasgow]

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.30 mins

Description: The Boys' Brigade recruiting march, Leith with shots of the flag-bearers marching, a gymnastics display, and a parade by former BB's.

Credits: Boys Brigade Leith Battalion Recruiting Campaign
Vacancies in all companies for boys (age 12 - 17 years)
Join now. See Posters and Handbills.

Shotlist: Credits (0.13); General views of recruiting march c1925. Shots of Brownies and members of the public watching the parade (0.37); Shots of the Boys Brigade marching along street (1.03); Shots of crowds in street after parade has passed (1.16); Shots of boy Bugler and inspection drill (1.28); Shots of crowds (1.47); Shots of the Boys performing exercises and playing in a brass band (2.32); Shots of the Brigade marching through the crowd with mounted guards in the background (2.50); pan over backs of crowd members (2.56); Shots of inspection of the Brigade (3.04); Panning shots of the crowds. (3.20); Shots of ceremony, possible decoration of one of the Brigade leaders, carried out by female dignitary. Bearers hold Union Jack and other flags (3.39); More panning crowd shots (4.03); Shots of "eyes right" parade by Boys Brigade (4.37); Panning shots of the watching crowds (4.52); The March Past (4.57); Shots of the Boys Brigade marching behind the flag-bearers (5.13); [Overexposed] Panning shots of the march past (5.49); Gymnastic displays (5.55); Shots of boys performing on the double bars and the buck (6.25); The Boys of the Old Brigade (6.31); Long shot and close-up of the parade by former BBs (6.55); Shot of boys giving three cheers (7.19); Leith Boys Brigade 27th Annual Inspection, Chancelot Park, Leith, May 8 1926 (7.12); Panning long shots of the Boys Brigade assembled in the park (7.48); Shots of platform with dignitaries and guests, and crowds in the background; The Rt Hon Lord Polwarth CBE, VD, DL, inspecting the ranks (8.28); Shot of Lord Polwarth and a Boys Brigade leader with crowds in the background (8.34).