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Title: BO'NESS FAIR c. 1913

Reference number: 0412B

Date: 1913c

Director: [filmed by Louis Dickson]

Sponsor: [ Hippodrome Cinema, Bo'ness]

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 0.18 mins

Description: Film showing girls dancing at a maypole, during Bo'ness Children's Fair Festival, probably dating from circa 1913.

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]. Shots of crowds watching girls dancing around a maypole. (0.14) l/s crowds in park (0.18)