RECTORIAL BATTLE IN EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY OLD QUAD, 1966
Mayhem in the Old Quad at Edinburgh University as rival students battle it out with flour bombs, paper streamers and anything else that comes to hand. (clip)
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Title: RECTORIAL BATTLE IN EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY OLD QUAD, 1966
Reference number: 3653
Date: 1966c
Sound: silent
Original format: std. 8mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 3.43 mins
Description:
Rectorial battle in Edinburgh University Old Quad in 1966.
See also ref. 8709
Shotlist: [no title or credits] shots of students in the old quad throwing flour and paper streamers at each other - resembles a riot, the film at the end shows the mess created by the students once the rival factions have dispersed, Rectorial 66 [as an end credit] (3.43)