Cowal Gathering - Scotland (1947)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown or unclear.
Cuts from newsreel 47/71 - Scots gather for the highland games at Dunoon, Ayrshire in Scotland.
Various shots of women performing Scottish dancing to the sound of the bagpipes on a platform in a show ground. We pan across the show ground to show the crowd watching.
A man in a bearskin hat is given a trophy cup by a lady. One of the dancers is given her prize.
M/S of a man playing bagpipes.
A group of young girls do Scottish / highland dancing.
L/S panning across a piping band as they play.
FILM ID:2164.08
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It feels a bit strange looking @ film taken during the summer of my birth. - Certainly to a modern ear, the pipe music sounds quite strange??