Cowal Gathering - Scotland (1947)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown or unclear. Cuts from newsreel 47/71 - Scots gather for the highland games at Dunoon, Ayrshire in Scotland. Various shots of women performing Scottish dancing to the sound of the bagpipes on a platform in a show ground. We pan across the show ground to show the crowd watching. A man in a bearskin hat is given a trophy cup by a lady. One of the dancers is given her prize. M/S of a man playing bagpipes. A group of young girls do Scottish / highland dancing. L/S panning across a piping band as they play. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulleti