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Title: HAPPY HOLIDAY 1955

Reference number: 6742

Date: 1955

Director: filmed by Robert H. Paterson

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.39 mins

Description: Family trip around Crieff, Crathie, Ballater and Moffat. Includes Royal visit at Ballater. Accompanied by Mr Paterson's commentary and some music.

Entered in the Scottish Amateur Film Festival of 1953, in the 'on Scotland' category. Non-winner. See also National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive paper records ref. 2/3/43.

Shotlist: Title over scenery (0.13) sign 'Luggiebank'. Girls and mother having picnic on wall by car (0.30) girls running off into trees (0.39) elevated view Stirling castle (0.46) c/u stone 'King Robert the Bruce June 24 1314' (0.48) statue Bruce (0.52) gvs castle ramparts and view of Stirling (1.10) Gleneagles, family ext. ornate hotel and fountain (1.23) Crieff, gvs town streets (1.37) family in MacRostie park, Crieff, gvs holiday entertainment (2.05) gvs traffic on double hairpin bends in road at Devil's elbow. Bus ascends slowly (2.59) road sign 'Boundary County of Aberdeen County of Perth' (3.06) Mr Paterson feeding mountain sheep in valley (3.17) mountain stream. Girls playng by stream. Family picnic. Wife picking heather. Family gets back in car (4.06) car sets off on road to Braemar, gvs scenery (4.28) River Dee, Invercauld castle in b/ground (4.41) ext. Crathie church (4.58) pipe band precedes Royal family in Royal cars (5.39) Royal cars leave (5.52) elevated view Dee (5.59) Ballater street (6.11) daughter Marlene on donkey (6.16) ext. small porch at Ballater station, Union flag flying (6.24) pipe band in street (6.52) inspection of Black Watch by Queen in station square (7.43) Royal car departs for Balmoral (7.49) pipe band beating retreat on Ballater green (8.13) Mrs Paterson with host ext. Laurieston Arms hotel (8.24) Moffat boating pond, girls in canoe (9.07) ducklings, more gvs pond (9.28) 'Dinky' the family small Pomeranian puppy (9.39)