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Title: JAMES ALLAN & SONS LTD / CORONATION PARADE 1953 & KING OLAF PROCESSION ALONG PRINCES STREET, EDINBURGH

Reference number: 7696

Date: 1951* / 1953 / 1962

Director: filmed by Mr. Allan

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 7.46 mins

Description: A compilation of amateur footage, including Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Edinburgh in 1953 after her coronation, the state visit of King Olaf of Norway in 1962, shots of James Allan's shoe shop in Edinburgh and scenes of an aircraft landing at Renfrew Airport.

The Allan family had about a dozen shoe shops and a shoe factory trading under the name of James Allan and Son and Allan Brothers. See also refs. 7697 and 7698

Shotlist: [shotlisted from mini DV - manual control track]

[col] PRINCES STREET BEFORE THE ROYAL VISIT JUNE 1953 - gvs of frontage of Allan's shoe shop at 123 Princes Street, Edinburgh, with flags and bunting, employees standing on balcony - shots of window display with portrait of Prince Philip, customers looking in window - shots of album of royal photographs in window, with device turning pages automatically (1.12) THE QUEEN ARRIVES - Procession in Princes Street 23rd June 1953 - shots from first floor balcony: naval detachment marching on street in front of crowds - shots of onlookers on balcony, some with cine cameras and cameras - start of procession along street, including troop of Guards, carriages with heralds and Lord Lyon King of Arms, troop of Blues and Royals, royal carriage with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip surrounded by Life Guards (3.05) PRINCES STREET AT FESTIVAL TIME 1953 - shots of Allan's shop window, cobbler working on shoe in window, onlookers watching - shots of shoes in window display and cobbler at work - gvs of Allan's shop frontage from across Princes Street [black break] (4.49) [bw] Renfrew AirPort - shots of BEA aircraft taxiing on tarmac and taking off - shots of BEA De Havilland Dragon Rapide G-AJSK coming in to land, taxiing on tarmac and stationary in front of hangar, passengers and crew disembarking and walking past camera [black break] (6.18) [col] - shots from balcony on Princes Street, looking down on crowds lining street, brief shot of limousine passing - shots of procession passing, including carriages with heralds, Captain-General of Royal Company of Archers, troop of Blues and Royals, royal carriage with Queen, King Olaf and Prince Philip surrounded by troop of Life Guards, more carriages with dignitaries, limousines (7.46)