Thistle Beats The Rose (1927)

Item title reads: “ 'Thistle' beats the 'Rose'. Vast crowd see Scotland (21 pts.) beat England (13 pts.) in 'Rugger' match of the year.“ Edinburgh, Scotland M/S of a band of marching bagpipes make their way across the pitch. The leader twirls a baton. There is a huge crowd in the background in the stadium. The crowd are seated watching. The first try goes to Scotland. The sequence repeats. Note: Rather dark, long shots of the action. 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 Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All