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Pathé presents: Scottish history on film

Sunday 11th July 2010
Courtesy:http://www.britishpathe.com/

Gaberlunzie can remember when he would sit happily for an hour (warm and dry) in a the smallish news cinema where Pathé films showed a timed, repeating cycle of news stories. Hence his vast curiousity to try out the archive footage of British Pathé's relaunch on-line on its website covering events in Edinburgh and St Andrews dating as far back as to before World War One.

They show some of the biggest news stories of the last century.
British Pathé is also keen for anyone to contact them if they recognise themselves or relatives in the films The archive footage is free to watch.

Jack Cullen from British Pathé said while some areas are well documented, information about the Highlands and south of Scotland was sparse.

"Many villages and smaller towns wouldn't have been written down in the canister notes by the cameramen at the time. 'Near the Scottish Borders' is all we have to go on - it's why we need people to get in touch," he said.

British Pathé began making four minute silent newsreels in London in 1902. The collection was originally digitised for broadcasting licences from thousands of canisters stored in vaults at Pinewood Studios.

The films  available to watch feature Rudyard Kipling (left) appointed Rector of St Andrews in 1923, (right) and Sir James Barrie. Other record the powder room in a ladies-only bank in Edinburgh, Dunfermline winning the Scottish Cup Final in 1968, and Edinburgh Festival footage in 1965.

Contact with information British Pathé: localhistory@britishpathe.com

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