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Title: KING AND THE WHISKY, the

Reference number: 2007

Date: 1965

Sponsor: Films of Scotland and Distillers Agency Limited

Production company: Campbell Harper Films

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 14.44 mins

Description: A history of the Port Edgar "George IV Old Scotch Whisky" distillery at South Queensferry.
(15 mins)

Credits: The Distillers Agency Ltd proprietors of "King George IV" Old Scotch Whisky presents "The King and the Whisky".

Shotlist: Credits (.16) old paintings of George IV Bridge in Edinburgh panning over Edinburgh and its buildings (1.44) shots of replicas of the Parthenon in Greece and the Nelson monument (2.34) More old paintings (3.02) shots of Leith (3.12) more old paintings of Edinburgh including King George IV (4.34) long shot of Holyrood Palace (4.40) paintings (5.01) shot of coin with George IV's head (5.17) panning shots of Holyrood House, the Royal High School, the Regent Bridge and Chester House (?) (6.11) shot of old map of Edinburgh (6.37) shots of St. Georges Church and Charlotte Square (7.07) more shots of old maps of Edinburgh (7.13) panning shots of Charlotte Square viewed by people in horse-drawn carriage (8.10) long shots along George Street and its buildings, including Sir Walter Scott's House and St. Andrew's Church (8.48) map of Edinburh (8.51) shots of St. Andrew's Square (9.28) statue of King George IV (9.47) shots of Scottish cartoon (10.03) shots of a grand ball (11.20) shots of Hopetoun House and old painting of the same (12.22) portrait of the 4th Earl of Hopeburn (12.24) shots of the Royal company of Archers and their Coats-of-arms (13.25) shots of van of King George IV Old Scotch Whisky going into whisky factory at South Queensferry at Port Edgar (14.03) shot of statue of George IV and bottle of George IV whisky (14.34) ecs (14.44)