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Title: WAVERLEY LOCAL NEWS REVIEW 1938

Reference number: 6651

Date: 1938

Production company: News Reel Unit of the Edinburgh Cine Society

Sound: silent

Original format: 9.5mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 15.24 mins

Description: Amateur newsreel featuring general views of various events in 1938. Intertitles. Includes Empire Exhibition and nwspaper headlines on the build up to WW2.

Shotlist: Title. Disasterous outbreak in Sawmills of W. & J.R. Watson Ltd. [sic.] (0.08) gvs Fire amongst ruined building, at night. Silhouette of fire fighters (0.40) At daybreak officials examine the damage, with fireman in attendance. (0.42) Fireman at scene, smoking ruins. Hosepipes, men sifting through debris. (01.16) Newspaper collage of Hitler. (1.20) 1938. 'The international situation gives rise to uneasy thoughts'. (1.23) Man selling newspapers, people crowding round to buy. (1.35) Newspaper headlines, Daily Record 'Austria Invaded'. (1.39) ls Swastika flag flying from boat. (1.42) Poster 'Defend Britain - join the anti-aircraft units of the Territorial Army'; ls aeroplane landing (1.50) ext. Army Recruiting Office. RAF office. (2.07) three young people in gas masks; cannon being fired; Map of Europe, question mark hanging over it. (2.17) APRIL. The Empire Exhibition at Glasgow nears completion. Despite restrictions, our cameramen secure shots of the Empire Exhibition in course of construction. (2.25) Cameraman. Exhibition tower. Elevated view site under construction. (3.07) April. The Earl of Haddington unveils memorial to Ensign Ewart on the Castle Esplanade. (3.12) Pipe band lead march of veterans. Crowd gathered on Esplanade. Union Jack flag taken off to reveal memorial. Wreaths lain. (4.17) MAY. Sheepdog trials at Braidburn Valley. (4.19) Gvs sheepdog trials. Large crowds. (5.00) Lord Provost Sir Louis S. Gumley and the Lady Provost were present. (5.04) Gvs couple, crowd and trials. (5.41) There are two items of entertainment in the interval. One was... (59.50) duck and ducklings in pond (6.01) and the other... (6.02) Refreshment bar; c/u men drinking; empty bottles. (6.15) Prizes are presented by the Lady Provost. (6.18) Gvs presentation in rain. (6.31) Mr J.M.Wilson of Innerleithen won the silver Challenge Cup. (6.34) Gvs same. (6.47) MAY. The Empire Exhibition opened by Their Majesties. (6.50) Procession past crowds in Bellahouston park. Majesties arrive in horse-drawn carriage. Crowds at Empire exhibition, tower in b/ground. Pan ext. 'Engineering' building, fountain in foreground. Elevated view exhibition site, crowds. Sign 'Royal Scottish Automobile Club Empire Exhibition Veteran Car Run'. (8.11) The starting point. (8.12) People in 'jalopy type' crankstart cars, and a motor tricycle driving past trams on street. Crowds in b/ground. (9.01) At Murrayfield. (9.02) Car run cars pass on street. (9.53) Entering the Grounds of the Exhibition. (9.54) C/u from crowd of cars passing. Clear view spectators on other side, many children. (10.06) JUNE. Lord mayor of London visits Edinburgh while attending Empire Exhibition. (10.08) Mayor, wearing tricorn hat and various others in ceremonial robes. Carriage on Edinburgh street. (10.36) Later in the day the party visits the Zoo. (10.38) Mayoral party arrive, penguins being fed. Shot of top hatted Mayor smoking cigar, speaking to other member of party. (11.22) September. Notabilities at Musselburgh Autumn meeting. (11.24) Horse racing. (11.40) Sir Louis S. Gumley. (11.42) Gvs same. (11.49) Representatives of the Hearts F.C. (11.52) shot of group of three men. (12.05) Lord Derby and Lord Roseberry. (12.07) Gvs same. (12.28) Mr. Oswald Barclay CBE.DL.JP. (12.29) Gvs same. (12.44) Newspaper collage including Adolf Hitler, newspaper headlines WW2. The International Crisis. (12.52) Newspaper headlines once again tell of crisis in Europe. (12.56) Gvs various headlines regarding Prime Minister's visit to Germany. (13.05) Is it to be war with all its attendent horrors? (13.08) Brief war footage (13.31) gvs more newspaper headlines. Daily Record newspaper sign 'Czech's mobilise'. Chronicle 'Premier home today'. More newspaper signs intercut with brief view fleet and brief view troops. (14.08) The Continental Press take up the cry. (14.10) Berliner Tageblatt, Le Journal, Le Petit Parisien, Le Matin, Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten. (14.28) Edinburgh Prepares. (14.31) Piles of material for bomb shelter construction, sandbags, corrugated iron roofs; c/u bunker (15.00) Then suddenly when the outlook seemed blackest... (15.02) Newspaper sign 'Munich talks begin' Daily Record headline 'Agreement signed' Daily Express 'It's All right', The Evening Times 'Czechs accept plan', Daily Express 'Peace'. (15.24)