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Title: 4th KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS SPORTS

Reference number: 8351

Date: 1946c

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

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 4.08 mins

Description: Amateur footage of activities of the 4th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers at a base in Halle, Germany, including shots of sports and swimming events, inspection drill and a parade to mark the departure of a commanding officer.

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

(0.00) blank (0.04) shots on army sports field, soldiers watch spoof boxing match, two boxers chase each other out of ring and behind truck - gvs of boxing match - shots of drill and inspection outside barracks building, commanding officer accompanied by Richard Irvine - shots of troops performing drill on road, marching past houses, falling out (1.50) shots of competition in outdoor swimming pool - shots of divers competing from high board, soldiers watching - shots of backstroke race - shots of officers and chaplain standing on steps of building - shots of commanding officer getting into carriage, which is pulled along barracks street by soldiers - tracking shots coming out of gateway, soldiers on sentry - shots of procession along street led by soldiers carrying banner reading 'Good Luck Sir', followed by commanding officer being pulled along in carriage - shots of commanding officer making brief speech and getting into Land Rover and departing (4.05) blank (4.08)