BORDERS LOCAL NEWSREELS NO. 1, HAWICK COMMON RIDING NO. 2 AT NIPKNOWS

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Title: BORDERS LOCAL NEWSREELS NO. 1, HAWICK COMMON RIDING NO. 2 AT NIPKNOWS

Reference number: 6181

Date: 1899 - 1906c

Director: [filmed by David Gaylor]

Production company: [ Border Kinematograph Co.]

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 0.54 mins

Description: Made between 1899 - 1906, this film depicts a parade or special walk connected to the Hawick Common Riding. It features people in carriages and on horseback. The parade takes place at Nipknows.

The Border Kinematograph Co. was established in Hawick by local jeweller David Gaylor c. 1899, operating until c. 1906 across the Borders towns. See research notes and contemporary press cuttings.

Shotlist: Reel 1

(2.33) No credits. Static shot of parade or special walk along country lane with some people on horseback, some in carriages, several women with parasols. Parade takes place in Nipknows (3.19) - Blank (3.27)

[From research notes: Cavalcade making for the MAIR (Moor) for a days horse racing and picnic via Nipknows, where horsemen gallop up the hill.]