# "SCOTTISH RHAPSODY" 1950s SCOTLAND TRAVELOGUE EDINBURGH ST. ANDREWS LOCH LOMOND BRIGADOON 86184

One of a series of black & white educational films distributed by "Films of the Nations", "Scottish Rhapsody" presents the country of Scotland. This is circa 1953, and directed by Austen West, and produced by Maurice Groen. Titles: Films of the Nations presents Scottish Rhapsody (:06-:44). Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh is Scotland's compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens and neoclassical buildings. Looming over the city is Edinburgh Castle, home to Scotland’s crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny. Double decker trolley cars in the city (1:04). People walk the town. Mons Meg is visited, it's a medieval bombard in the collection of the Royal Armories, but on loan to Historic Scotland and located at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. It has a barrel diameter of 20 inches making it one of the largest cannons in the world. People look at it. The city and cathedrals below. Steam engine pulled railroad trains ride over an impressive bridge (:45-2:13). Map of Scotland. People ride horses near buses. Robert Burns home, he was also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. Brigadoon. Cattle. Dumfries, the queen of the south. The place where Burns died. Sir Walter Scott's country, rushing river. River Tweed (2:14-4:15). Quiet country. Cows graze. Scott's…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Travel, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/86184-scottish-rhapsody)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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