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Title: 25th FOOT K.O.S.B. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS GIVEN FREEDOM OF BERWICK 1947

Reference number: 8347

Date: 1947

Director: [filmed by Richard H.S. Irvine]

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 3.37 mins

Description: Amateur footage of preparations for the King's Own Scottish Borderers "Freedom of Berwick" parade and ceremony in 1947.

Refs. 8346, 8347 and 8348 appear to be constituent parts for an edited version of the 'Freedom of Berwick' ceremony.

[Please note the viewing copy may display some visible defects such as flicker.]

Shotlist: [shot-listed from .AVI file using Quicktime]

(0.00) blank (0.01) shot of King's Own Scottish Borderers soldiers marching along Berwick street, super-imposed shots of framed charter for the regiment's Freedom of Berwick - ARRIVAL OF H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER on portrait of Duchess super-imposed over shot of ranks of KOSB soldiers on Castlegate, Berwick, presenting arms and marching down street past White Horse Inn (2.17) shots of "Freedom of Berwick" ceremony, dignitaries on podium including Mayor of Berwick, Town Clerk?, military officers - shots of street, crowds of onlookers, c/u shots of crowd - c/u framed picture of Berwick Barracks gateway, then with super-imposed caption 7 AUG. 1947 - THE 25th OF FOOT ARE GIVEN "THE FREEDOM" OF BERWICK - shot of framed print of KOSB soldier - brief shot of KOSB officer writing at desk and pulling face at camera (3.35) blank (3.37)