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Title: ANTHONY EDEN ADDRESSES POLITICAL RALLY AT PANMURE HOUSE

Reference number: 9256

Date: 1947, August 30

Director: filmed by Donald Stewart

Sound: silent

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 2.36 mins

Description: Anthony Eden addresses a large crowd at the Unionist and National Liberal rally and fete at Panmure House in Angus.

Anthony Eden was Prime Minister from 1955 - 1957, a few years after this film was made. Panmure House was demolished in December 1955 after it fell into disrepair. It was said to be one of the finest baronial houses in Scotland. https://www.monikie.org.uk/panmure4.htm

Simon Ramsay was MP for Angus at the time the film was made, and in 1950 inherited the title of Earl of Dalhousie from his elder brother. His family owned Panmure House as well as Brechin Castle, also in Angus.

For other films in this collection see also refs. 9254, 9255 and 9257

Shotlist: [no title] Gvs members of Black Watch Pipes and Drums and crowd outside Panmure House, Angus, Anthony Eden on balcony addressing large crowd, girl on horseback passes flyer to woman, two smartly-dressed women and a man smile at camera, Anthony Eden and Simon Ramsay climb stairs with a group of people, two women and a man descend steps with two small boys (0.28) c/u Elderly gentleman winks at camera and passes snuff to a lady who takes it and sneezes. Gvs members of Black Watch Pipes and Drums marching across field, young girls dressed in traditional dress finish dancing and run across field where crowds gather around large marquees (1.07) m/s two women and two men walk away from car parked in quiet street, pan two men and two women, gvs party walk towards camera away from Tudor style building, man brings ice cream wafers, woman walks towards camera and holds up wafer (1.54) gvs woman leaving house 'Woodstock' in Edzell and walking up garden path, elderly woman and gentleman get out of car and are greeted by woman who kisses them, younger woman approaches her and they shake hands then all go into garden and sit on seat (2.36)