BO'NESS ACADEMY 1925: QUEEN CATHERINE SNEDDON

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Title: BO'NESS ACADEMY 1925: QUEEN CATHERINE SNEDDON

Reference number: 0406

Date: 1925

Director: [filmed by Louis Dickson]

Sponsor: [ Hippodrome Cinema, Bo'ness]

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 3.54 mins

Description: Bo'ness Children's Fair Festival in 1925. Coronation of Cathie Sneddon, the Fair Queen. Also includes footage of the fancy dress parade.

Very comprehensive website about the Bo'Ness Fair can be found at at http://www.thefairday.com/ [last accessed 12/2/2018]

In April 2009, the Hippodrome reopened as a working cinema - see http://www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/venues/hippodrome/ for further information. You can also find out about the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival which is held there annually: http://www.hippfest.co.uk

Shotlist: [No credits]. 1925 Bo'ness Academy, Queen Catherine Sneddon. Festival Queen and her retinue arrive for the coronation ceremony. Fancy dress parade, some struggle with their costume. "Queen" and her retinue, carrying and wearing white flowers, leave in carriage which passes through town streets (2.23)