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Title: ROYAL MILE, the

Reference number: 1241

Date: 1969

Production company: Educational Films of Scotland

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 19.37 mins

Description: The historical buildings and sites of the Royal Mile including Edinburgh Castle, Gladstone's Land, St Giles' Cathedral, Holyrood Palace and the Canongate.

Shotlist: No credits. Exterior and interior shots of Edinburgh Castle (3.14); Exterior of Cannon Ball House and general shots of Victoria Street (3.44); View looking down Castle Hill (4.03); General shots of Milnes Court, Riddles Court, Gladstone's Land and exterior of St Giles Cathedral (4.55); Shot of the Queen escorted by the Royal Company of Archers arriving at St Giles Kirk (5.55); General shot of the Tolbooth and exteriors of the Advocates Library, Parliament House (6.44); Close-ups of the Crown Steeple of St Giles (6.55); Exterior of the City Chambers, the stock at the Mercat Cross, Tron Church and general shots of Edinburgh tenements (8.12); Shots of children playing (8.32); General shot of Carruthers Close with view looking up Calton Hill (9.13); Shot of tiles marking the site of Flodden Wall (9.29); General shots of Canongate, Chessels Court (9.47); Masonry workers renovating an old building with close-ups of the tradesmen performing various jobs (10.41); General shots of new and old buildings in the Canongate (11.54); Exteriors of Moray House, the Canongate Tolbooth, Huntly House and the Canongate Church (13.08); The Queen and her royal escort return to Holyrood Palace (13.40); Shot of Bulls Close (13.47); Exteriors of Queensberry Lodge, Whitefoord House, the Canongate Manse and White Horse Close (14.54); General shots of the foot of the Canongate and exterior and interior shots of the Palace of Holyroodhouse (19.25); Shot looking up the Royal Mile (19.37)