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Title: RIDING OF THE MARCHES, ANNAN

Reference number: 2196

Date: 1960, July 2

Sponsor: [ United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority]

Production company: [ United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Prod. Group]

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 25.58 mins

Description: Riding of the Marches annual celebrations in Annan, including the "snuffing" ceremony and coronation of the Queen of the Border. [Believed to have been made as a public relations exercise for the local community].

See also refs. 2374, 2375, 2376, 2377.

Shotlist: [Please note Reel 3 only is currently accessible, Reels 1 and 2 are currently being prepared for transfer to digital tape]

Reel 1
[no title or credits] General views of Riding of the Marches celebrations in Annan, with shots of participants in small boats on the Solway. The main party are on boat 'BA171, Rose'. Various shots of people in boats bedecked with bunting, and shots of onlookers on the shore (3.49) approach and disembarkation at stone pier, crowds look on (4.14) c/u lady in riding clothes, the Cornet's Lass, stands chatting to an older man (4.22) photocall of the main party in full dress (4.30) main street, Annan, c/u of man playing bugel call (4.52) gvs street scenes, the Riding starts in earnest, with horses and riders making their way along street (5.26) platform in the town centre, being set up with microphone, and then speech is made, flag is handed over, and the leading party mount horses (6.27) gvs as the horses and riders set off, streets are crowded with onlookers (7.23) wide angle shot of street, as cars and crowds follow (7.31) Snuffing ceremony, pushing boy through hole in hedge, where the horse cannot go (8.16) gvs horses and riders in rural areas 'beating the bounds', on small country roads, includes a brief shot of horse and cart (9.43) horses galloping along field, big industrial chimneys and factory buildings of Chapel Cross power station (?) in background (10.08) the party stop for a drink in a field (drinking from glass bottles using straws) (10.42) gvs riding in a huge group, the power station again in background (11.47) 1060ft

Reel 2
[no title or credits] c/u sign 'Royal Burgh of Annan' (0.10) gvs park, Annan in background, where horses and riders gather (0.17) horse race in field, offical stand by (0.39) gvs Main Street, gvs crowds, horses and riders, people make their way up to platform in town centre (1.24) prizegiving ceremony, the Provost (?) awards cups to various people, including a young girl (2.38) gvs crowded street, Cornet's Lasses make their way down steps (2.57) gvs as riders and horses leave the main street past the crowds (3.46) pipe band marching along (4.18) gvs floats, the first with the Queen of the Border on it, and her entourage (4.44) small children in fancy dress, on foot (5.16) pipe band and children's procession (5.34) brief shot very young girl holding her mother's (?) hand, she is dressed in a pretty dress and waves a Union Jack flag (5.39) gvs fancy dress parade (6.22) riders and horses processing along (6.45) various floats, including 'Cochran' lorry, a comabine harvester, a float with women on it with a banner 'Produce of Annan - Girls', a float with a big pot of 'uranium' being stirred and the slogan 'Chapel Cross - Keeps the Pot Boiling, UKAEA Annan 1960', and a float with a mock operating theatre with the slogan 'Emergency Ward 10', 'Hallo'een' float, and gvs marching pipes and drums. Sequence ends with l/s of parade (9.22) exts Anna Savings Bank, the main party stops outside (9.30) further gvs parade, ending with wide angle of the main street and the street thronged with people enjoying the parade or watching it (10.57) 986ft


Reel 3
[no title or credits] General views of Riding of the Marches celebrations in Annan; pipe bands; riders pass crowds and climb up to a platform (2.05)shots of crowds gathered around war memorial to watch presentation; band leaders receive plaques from the Provost (?) (2.37) gvs crowd including man using a small hand held camera; band march away from camera, followed by crowd (3.00) c/u clock tower with banner: "Riding the Marches 2nd July" (3.14) 291ft