Scenes from the 1954 Edinburgh Festival of music and drama, including a short sequence showing Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes dancing ‘The Firebird’, Ann Todd and Paul Rogers in a scene from Macbeth, Sir Adrian Boult conducting the National Youth Orchestra and before the castle.
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ACMI Identifier
003619
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Festivals - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)