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Title: FESTIVAL '76 KALEIDOSCOPE

Reference number: T2308

Date: 1976

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 20.15 mins

Description: Various performances from the 1976 Edinburgh Festival. Notable for early views of Rowan Atkinson.

Shotlist: Ext., Edinburgh Calton Hill, drummers in costume appear from behind columns (0.08) view of Edinburgh Castle (0.13) bugle players in costume beside columns (0.18) ext., flag waving performance on Calton Hill (0.30) elevated view, c/u view (0.42) int., Rowan Atkinson performance involving sign language (1.30) ext., mime artist on street (1.39) int., band rehearsing on stage (3.02) int., stage, children's performance in mediaeval costume and large papier mache head, child holding sign 'Intermission' (4.45) int. stage, man singing 'Send in the Clowns', along to fashion show (5.53) int., stage, performance man and woman talking about women's rights to join counsel (7.49) int., cafe, gvs tea dance, gvs people (8.37) leader (8.49) int., cafe, gvs tea dance, gvs people (9.27) ext., park modern performance amongst sculpture (12.49) ext. Richard Demarco gallery, woman singing on exercise bike (12.53) ext. performance in mediaeval costume (13.01) ext., single Morris dancer with red shoes on (13.08) mime artist on street (13.11) ext., Morris dancer (13.21) musicians accompany Bunrako Japanese puppet theatre dress rehearsal. Puppets without strings and operated by black-clad puppeteers (15.08) ext., Morris dancers (15.19) ext., performance on rocks, men with sticks and woman washing young girls hands whilst making bird sounds. Girl is apparently kidnapped, woman and men chant before woman jumps off rocks into their arms (19.18) ext., Morris dancers (19.25) ext., woman on exercise bike (19.32) ext., flag waving performance on Calton Hill (20.15)