BURNS MEMORIAL: Mr Ramsay MacDonald at Unveiling
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Title: BURNS MEMORIAL: Mr Ramsay MacDonald at Unveiling
Reference number: 7506
Date: 1936, Sept. 24
Production company: Gaumont British News
Sound: sound
Original format: 35mm
Colour: bw
Running time: 4.03 mins
Description:
Ramsay MacDonald unveiling the Burns Memorial at Dumfries. Filmed for Gaumont British News.
Party possibly includes Jean Armour Burns Brown. See additional info. file. Probably copy of all material shot of which only 48ft x 35mm was released as Gaumont British News ref GB8660 BURNS MEMORIAL UNVEILED 24 September 1936. Unused footage supplied to local exhibitor as topical film.
See also ref. 0547 for closely related film.
Credits: Gaumont British News
Shotlist: Burns Memorial. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald at Unveiling Gaumont British News (0.09) exts Burns House in Dumfries, a few people gather to read plaque on wall, c/u plaque "In this house the Scottish National Poet, Robert Burns, died on 21st July 1796.... In 1851 this house was purchased by the poet's son, Colonel William Nicol Burns. EICS and placed by him under the care of trustees for its maintenance as far as possible in perpetuity, as a memorial to his father" (0.39) Brooms Road, happy crowds gather, police keep them in line (0.52) [wild noise only, low, no speech is audible] churchyard, Ramsay MacDonald and party make speech on memorial (1.43) longer shot of party on memorial and crowd (1.57) Ramsay MacDonald unveils memorial to applause. c/u memorial stone in memory of the remains interred there (3.07) longer shot, memorial (3.23) gvs crowd in streets around Mid-Steeple, some wave to camera and there is a c.u group of girls waving from window (4.03)