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Title: ST. COLUMBA'S HOSPICE - CHARLOTTE SQUARE FESTIVAL 1987

Reference number: 6479

Date: 1987

Director: filmed by Edinburgh Cine Society

Sponsor: St Columba's Hospice, Edinburgh

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 40.00 mins

Description: Members of the Edinburgh Cine and Video Society record the Charlotte Square Festival in aid of St. Columba's Hospital, 1987.

Credits: cam. George Juner, Douglas Lornie, Sandy Sievwright, Norman Spiers, Maisie Tait
sd. Jim Frame
stills Alan Ireland
p.ass. Lilliam Chamberlain
graphic artist Dawn Chamberlain
p. Norman & Dorothy Spiers

Shotlist: Title. Pan grass in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, focus upon statue of man on horse. Workmen in shorts erecting white marquees in park. Drilling into ground to fix pegs. Wooden folding tables being unloaded by men from truck. Girl carrying wooden chairs. Police van. Signs being fixed to marquees - Delicatessen, Flowers, Raffle, Control, Children, Toys. Women unloading cardboard boxes from van, setting up stalls on trestle tables. People hanging bunting from trees. Women preparing trestle tables in marquees, laying out books, flowers and other assorted goods for sale. Banner on fence 'Festival in aid of St Columba's Hospice - Saturday 11am - 5pm'. Gvs volunteers on stalls, talking amongst themselves. Man in Bugs Bunny costume. Miniature golf, man at barbecue stall, junior tombola. Woman clapping cow. Queue of people outside Festival gates, standing with umbrellas. C/u yellow balloon printed with 'Charlotte Square Festival', c/u street sign of same name. Three men playing bugles to announce opening. People buying programmes from stall. Gvs people browsing and buying from stalls. Pipe band playing 'Amazing Grace'. People buying food from stalls. Pipe band marching in square. Man in Sylvester the Cat costume, talking to child. Two girls with face painted, talking to each other under umbrellas. Gvs flowers for sale. Gvs brass band. Gvs children in cagoules at Festival. Gvs people browsing at stalls. Novelty band in costume singing 'Day'oh'. Miniature steam engine with children on board. Magician entertaining children with bendy magic wand. Punch and Judy show. Gvs people at Festival. Chinese women in traditional dress performing in tent. Brass band of soldiers in Highland dress, some people in crowd dancing. Baton twirling by young girls in pink leotards. Jazz band. Young girl clutching giant teddy bear. Gvs people at Festival, many still with umbrellas. Brief view Lord Provost with gold chain. Man announcing raffle results. People browsing book stalls. Country and western banjo playing band. Cow being led into truck. Gvs people departing, children with balloons. Signs being taken off marquees. Packing up of stalls. Trucks arrive bags of rubbish. Stacks of trestle tables. grass being forked and marquees dismantled. Ecs, The End.