BO'NESS CHILDREN'S FAIR 1978

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Title: BO'NESS CHILDREN'S FAIR 1978

Reference number: T0508

Date: 1978

Production company: Scottish Television

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 7.27 mins

Description: A record of the Bo'ness Fair. Features Fair Queen, Karen Kilgallon on her throne, procession of floats, dancing display, flag-waving crowds and the Ugly Bug Ball.

Very comprehensive website about the Bo'Ness Fair can be found at at http://www.thefairday.com/ [last accessed 12/2/2018]

In April 2009, the Hippodrome reopened as a working cinema - see http://www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/venues/hippodrome/ for further information. You can also find out about the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival which is held there annually: http://www.hippfest.co.uk

Shotlist: No credits. Zoom-out from Pageant Queen (at the Bo'ness Fair), on her throne to shots of assembled flower-girls, trumpeters and "royal guards" etc (0.05); Dancing display watched by large crowd (0.09); Shots of crowds waving flags (0.11); Shots of processions of floats (0.22); Plus trims, including further shots of the floats procession and a "Chinese Dragon" at the Ugly Bug Ball (7.27)