An aircraft being loaded with fodder to be dropped to Scottish Highland communities isolated by snow storms and in need of feed for livestock. Plane takes off and flies over a snow covered region. Two members of the flight crew throw bales of fodder. from an aircraft hatch. A Royal Navy helicopter Refuels from 55 gallon drum.. Helicopters are seen flying relief sorties back and forth from HMS Glory.
Views of mountainous terrain in Scottish Highlands. A rugged Statue of a Highlander. Streams of river flowing through woods. A large lake. Craigellachie Bridge and a car passing its masonry turrets, at the end of the bridge. River white water spilling over rocks. A sign reading: "First International Festival of Documentary Films, Edinburgh, August 31-September 7." A large Scottish Pipe Band in slow march along lower Royal Mile in front of Holyrood Palace (Palace of Holyroodhouse). They pick up normal cadence and then turn about in columns to march in the opposite direction. The fountain in front of the palace is seen with mountains in background.
A Royal Air Force plane delovers fodder for livestock to communities cut off by severe snow storms in Northern Scottland. Large "SOS" stamped out in the snow.
King George VI of the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon take a tour of ammunition and gun factories in Scotland during World War II. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom visit strategic ammunition and gun factories. King George VI speaks to officials. Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon view machinery. Crowds of Scottish factory workers cheering. A white-hot steel is being turned into armor plates for ships and tanks. A slab of steel is lowered to a furnace. King George VI watch how steel is molten inside a furnace.
A large crowd of officials and spectators gathered at Carlton Gardens, London England. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom unveils the National Memorial Statue of the King George VI (The Royal Academy of Engineering, 3-4 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5DG, United Kingdom) in London, England. Queen Elizabeth, holding an umbrella, pulls a rope to remove a Union Jack covering the statue of her late father, King George VI. The statue of King George VI was sculpted by Scottish artist William McMillan. The flag of the United Kingdom flutters above. Trees in the background. The Queen addresses the crowd. View of the Statue of George VI.
'Braw laddies' meet in the opening games of clan athletes in Braemar, Scotland. The highlanders gather for the annual games on a field in Braemar, Scotland. Many cars parked outside the field permiter. Youth wearing traditional kilts participating in the discus throw contest. The audience standing around the ground watch the contest. One of the young men participates in the caber toss. The caber falls with the heavy tapered end towards the ground. A few men hold the caber and bring it upright. Another youth does the caber toss.
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