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Title: ST. COLUMBA'S HOSPICE ROYAL VISIT 29th June 1987

Reference number: 6480

Date: 1987, June 29

Director: filmed by Edinburgh Cine Society

Sponsor: St Columba's Hospice, Edinburgh

Sound: sound

Original format: super 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 29.04 mins

Description: Amateur documentary recording a visit made by HM Queen Elizabeth to St. Columba's Hospice in Edinburgh. Includes footage of preparation involved before the visit.

Credits: Poem by Arthur Dickson read by Michael Elder
cam. George Juner, Douglas Lornie, Dorothy Spiers, Norman Spiers
sd. Jim Frame
titles Douglas Lornie
p. George Juner

Shotlist: Sign St. COLUMBA'S HOSPICE Challenger Lodge. (0.06) pan ext. Hospice and grounds in Edinburgh. (1.11) Ornamental floral cross and white dove in garden. Stained glass window. (1.31) Royal Visit 29th June 1987. Staff meeting around table, people discussing dress rehearsal for visit and likely weather. (2.32) Preparation of floral arrangements by ladies; Plaque covered by curtain in preparation for unveiling. Floors being mopped. (3.51) Exts. roses being clipped in grounds. Gravel being raked, paths being cleared, painting. (5.09) More floral arrangements in preparation. Information being posted on notice boards, including the education programme and Hospice Appeal; c/u sign: 'St. Columba's Hospice Residential and Home Care to improve the quality of life of terminally ill patients and to provide support for relatives'. (5.51) woman in Laundry with washing machine, operating wringer; floor polishing; window cleaning (6.41) older woman having her hair cut. (6.52) c/u cupcakes are carefully arranged on a plate; c/u resting cat. (7.17) large seated audience chatter before speech; man speaking to crowd, with reference to a map showing the hospice, at rehearsal for visit the next day; pan audience; lady talking to audience. (9.29) Seats being laid outside; gvs smartly dressed people arriving and gathered in grounds. (10.49) ms Lord Provost; c/u policemen (11.02) Large black Royal Rolls Royce car arrives in Boswall Road, to applause (11.49) shot of assembled press (11.51) gvs meeting group including Lord Provost outside Hospice (12.56) Int. Hospice, HM Queen Elizabeth enters and unveils brass plaque 'This plaque commemorates the visit of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 29th June 1987'. (13.28) Queen is given the tour; ms talking to residents accompanied by nurses. (15.09) Ext., c/u flag on top of Royal car. Line of police motorcycles. Pan crowd in grounds, some seated, others standing behind a cordon (15.37) ms line of nurses intercut with TV crew; Queen arrives outside to applause; shot of Queen speaking to nurses (16.52) Queen talks to elderly resident in wheelchair; pan gardens. (17.33) Queen walks around ground accompanied by applause, stopping occasionally to chat. (20.53) Sign 'Birsay Hall'. Int., Queen's tour continues, guided by a man in a white coat. (23.47) C/u St. George mascot on car bonnet; c/u flag; policemen on motorcycles; shots of crowd waiting by entrance with Union flags. (24.50) Queen departs building to applause; Lord Provost in foreground; departs in car to applause and cheers. (26.38) Gvs people milling around outside after visit; man stacking chairs; ms small groups talking (27.51) Crowds depart intercut with ecs. The End (29.04)