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Title: CORONATION YEAR IN EDINBURGH

Reference number: 6662

Date: 1937c

Sound: silent

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 16.40 minsc

Description: Amateur general views visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Edinburgh in Coronation year 1937. General views holiday scenes in Ayr, Firth of Clyde and Arran.

Credits: p. James Douglas
ph. J. Douglas, I.C. Young

Shotlist: Title, credits. Royal banner, flowers in shape of crown, 1937. Floats on Princes street, one as crown. Gvs streets, Princes Gardens. Union flags outside houses. The Royal Infirmary Pageant. Horse led pageant, floats, people in costume. Their Majesties State Visit to Edinburgh 1937. Aircraft in formation overhead, poster for Monseigneur News Theatre on visit. Ext L.M.S. Princes street station. Int. station, reception prepares. Train arrives. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in open topped vehicle being driven through crowded streets. Elevated view Holyrood Palace. Crowd at gates. Firework Display at Inverleith Park. Gvs at night. After the Scout Rally at Murrayfield. Scouts marching on street. Royal car being driven through streets. Royals say farewell beside train. Train departs. God Save the King banner. Ayrshire. Some Holiday Records. Map. Burns cottage. Gvs Ayr. Ye Banks and Braes o bonny Doon. Gvs. Dunure Castle. Gvs ext, coastal scenes. Ayr. The County Buildings. Gvs same. People on streets. On the Beach. ECS members in swimwear, playing on beach. In small boats. Tennis(?). Brief gvs. The Harbour. Fishing boats return. Cruising on the Firth of Clyde is always popular. People board steamer. Gvs tracking. Depart from Whiting Bay Pier. Goatfell, Arran. Approach from sea, view in background. Sunset, harbour.