EDINBURGH TATTOO I
Full length video
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Title: EDINBURGH TATTOO I
Reference number: 9472
Date: 1967c
Director: filmed by Edith Milne
Sound: silent
Original format: std. 8mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 15.40 mins
Description:
Amateur holiday footage in England and footage of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
See also ref. 9473 for closely related footage by the same film-maker.
Shotlist: Shots of a castle. Shot of a river and a bridge and GVs of a beach. People are shown walking through a village and through a park near the seaside. Shots of a funicular railway. Shots of a country house and gardens. Shot of mountains with a sign for ‘The Cave Man’, Cheddar Gorge. Shots of garden with long greenhouses. Shots of people on a miniature railway. Shots of the Edinburgh Tattoo. Men on horseback and military dress come out of the gate to perform for the crowd. Highland dancers performing. Shots of horses and carriages are shown including a wagon bearing a red cross. Men are shown jumping through fire hoops and jumping over a line of trumpet players.