Bonnie Scotland (1950-1959)

A British Travel Association film. Commentary by Alex McCrindle. Travelogue extolling the variety of experience Scotland has to offer. Fingal’s cave seen from the sea. Various shots of the rugged Scottish coastline. Shepherds herd their sheep down to the waters edge from the Highland pastures. They then lift the sheep into small rowing boats for transportation to the mainland. Shots of the men rowing the boat surrounded by sheep. Montage of Scottish landscape shots - rivers, small waterfalls, deer running across a field etc. Shots of Colleen (?) Castle - General Eisenhower visits, he stands on a balcony looking out to sea. Loch, mountains, glens, valleys etc. Edinburgh - various shots of the city, Princess Street, Sir Walter Scott’s memorial. Men in kilts walk down busy Edinburgh shopping street. C/Us of a shop window - display of tartan goods. L/S of concert hall (?) People arrive for a show. C/U of sign advertising the appearance of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. This
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