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Title: SERVICE NOT SELF

Reference number: 0455

Date: 1946

Director: p. Stanley L. Russell

Production company: Thames and Clyde Film Company

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 10 mins

Description: Ceremonies to mark the 25th anniversary of the British Legion (Scotland) attended by the Royal Family, in Edinburgh.

Originated on 35mm nitrate film.

Credits: A record of the 25th Anniversary, the British Legion (Scotland), 30 June 1946
Leevers Rich Recording
p. Stanley L Russell
ph. Frank McLacklan, Robert Anderson
comm. Peter Watson
In the Shrine, "The Call" of the British Legion is spoken by Wilson Barret and "The Answer" by Anne Brooke.

Shotlist: Credits (.34); General views of Edinburgh, shots on National War Memorial, the Castle esplanade and in the square in front of the shrine. Parade of Legionnaires to 1st Battalion Royal Scots Band. General Sir Ian Hamilton, accompanied by Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Secretary of State for Scotland, Air Marshall Lord Tedder and Major-General Sir James Syme Gould enter the square. Inspect guard of honour. Colour party lower standards. General Sir Ian Hamilton lays a wreath on the shrine and greets holders of the Victoria Cross (4.51); Shots of King's Park. Royal party of King, Queen and the two princesses preparing to watch march past. Pan round skyline behind park along Regent Road. Major-General Drew presents the King with a sghian dhu. Shots of the march past (7.34); Royal party are driven off in a car (7.54); Inside the shrine. Various interior shots as "The Call" and "The Answer" are recited (9.50); ecs (9.54)