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Waverley Steps (film)
''Waverley Steps'' is a 1948 dramatised documentary film depicting a period of 30 hours in the life of people in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was directed by John Eldridge, produced by Paul Fletcher for Greenpark Productions and sponsored by the Scottish Home Office for the Central Office of Information. It had its premier at the second Edinburgh Film Festival in 1948. Unusually for a government-sponsored film, it also received a cinema release. The film's title is a reference to a flight of steps at Edinburgh's Waverley Station. However, the steps themselves do not feature in the film. Synopsis According to an opening caption, the film is a "glimpse into the lives of a few of dinburgh'scitizens between 5 o'clock one Sunday afternoon and late the following night". The story is told as a series of overlapping vignettes. The film opens with shots of two Class A4 steam locomotives: ''Union of South Africa'' approaching Waverley Station and No. 27 ''Merlin'' heading west through Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Eldridge (director)
John Eldridge (1917–1962) was a British film director. Gaining fame as documentary film maker in the Second World War for the Ministry of Information (United Kingdom), Ministry of Information his topics covered both war, and architecture and urban planning. Often working with poets he had at least five collaborative projects with Dylan Thomas. Life He was born in Folkestone on 26 July 1917. Around 1950 he joined John Grierson's film company Group 3 Films, Group 3 Productions. In addition to directing, he also wrote screenplays, most notably for ''Pool of London (film), Pool of London'' (1951) and ''Operation Amsterdam'' (1959). Plagued by ill-health he died in Brompton Hospital in London on 14 June 1962. Works *''Sea Lights'' (1938) – co-directed with Martin Curtis *''Village School (film), Village School'' (1940) – documentary *''Story of Michael Flaherty'' (1940) – starring Morton King *''S.O.S.'' (1940) – documentary short *''War Front (film), War Front'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forsyth Hardy
Henry Forsyth Hardy (12 February 1910 – 24 May 1994) was a Scottish critic, writer and film administrator. Biography Henry Forsyth Hardy was born in Bathgate, West Lothian on 12 February 1910. He co-founded the Edinburgh Film Guild in 1929. Hardy started his career as an office bearer in the Edinburgh Film Guild, Scottish Film Council and the Federation of Scottish Film Societies. He was working as a reporter for ''The Scotsman'' in 1930, where he wrote a review of John Grierson's '' Drifters,'' Grierson enjoyed the review that he went to speak with Hardy. In 1932 he became ''The Scotsman'''s first film critic, and after ten years with the company, he left to become head of information at the Scottish Office. Hardy was one of the founders of the British Film Institute in 1933, and also a founding member of the Scottish Film Council in 1934. Hardy was also a co-founder of the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1947. From 1953-75, Hardy was the first Director for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Marie Widor
Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies, especially the toccata of his fifth organ symphony, which is frequently played as recessional music at weddings and other celebrations. As of 2022, he is the longest-serving organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, a role he held for 63 years (January 1870 – 31 December 1933). He also was organ professor at the Paris Conservatory from 1890 to 1896 (following César Franck) and then he became professor of composition at the same institution, following Théodore Dubois. Widor was a prolific composer, writing music for organ, piano, voice and ensembles. Apart from his ten organ symphonies, he also wrote three symphonies for orchestra and organ, several songs for piano and voice, four operas and a ballet. He was one of the first composers to use the term "symphony" for some of his organ com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI and I, James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's Ancient universities of Scotland, four ancient universities and the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, sixth-oldest university in continuous operation in the English-speaking world. The university played a crucial role in Edinburgh becoming a leading intellectual centre during the Scottish Enlightenment and contributed to the city being nicknamed the "Etymology of Edinburgh#Athens of the North, Athens of the North". The three main global university rankings (Academic Ranking of World Universities, ARWU, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, THE, and QS World University Rankings, QS) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament House, Edinburgh
Parliament House (), located in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a historic Parliament building, parliament and Courthouse, court building containing several buildings which now houses the Supreme Courts of Scotland, the Scottish Land Court and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland. The oldest part of the complex, known as Parliament Hall, was home to the Parliament of Scotland from 1639 to 1707, and was the world's first purpose-built parliament building. The complex is spread across seven floors, and contains 700 rooms, with the original building first designed and built by James Gordon of Rothiemay in 1649, costing £10,555 which was paid for by Edinburgh Town Council. Prior to the construction of Parliament House, the Parliament of Scotland, the Court of Session and the Privy Council of Scotland all shared the same building which was located in the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh, Tolbooth in Edinburgh. By 1632, it had become clear that the sharing of space be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
St Andrew Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland located at the east end of George Street, Edinburgh, George Street. The construct of St Andrew Square began in 1772,Lang, p.124 as the first part of the New Town, Edinburgh, New Town, designed by James Craig (architect), James Craig. Within six years of its completion St Andrew Square became one of the most desirable and most fashionable residential areas in the city. As the 19th century came to a close, St Andrew Square evolved into the commercial centre of the city. Most of the square used to be made up of major offices of banks and insurance companies, making it one of the major financial centres in Scotland. At one time, St Andrew Square could claim to be the richest area of its size in the whole of Scotland.Lang, p.125 The gardens are owned by a number of private parties and belong to the collection of New Town Gardens. They were made open to the public in 2008 and are managed by Essential Edinburgh. The squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh
The Parish Church of St Cuthbert is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in central Edinburgh. Probably founded in the 7th century, the church once covered an extensive parish around the Old Town of Edinburgh, burgh of Edinburgh. The church's current building was designed by Hippolyte Blanc and completed in 1894. St Cuthbert's is situated within a large churchyard that bounds Princes Street Gardens and Lothian Road. A church was probably founded on this site during or shortly after the life of Cuthbert. The church is first recorded in 1128, when David I of Scotland, David I granted it to Holyrood Abbey. At that time, the church covered an extensive parish, which was gradually reduced until the 20th century by the erection and expansion of other parishes, many of which were founded as Chapel of ease, chapels of ease of St Cuthbert's. St Cuthbert's became a Protestant church at the Scottish Reformation in 1560: from after the Reformation until the 19th century, the church was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George IV Bridge
George IV Bridge is an Viaduct, elevated street in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is home to a number of the city's important public buildings. History A bridge connecting the High Street to the south was first suggested in 1817, but was originally planned further west and was non-linear and complicated. Plans developed through the early 1820s, concluding in 1825 that a linear form aligned with Bank Street (which connects to The Mound, Edinburgh, The Mound and Princes Street) was more logical, even though this required greater destruction of existing buildings. This would be a bridge over the Cowgate and Merchant Street. The foundation stone was laid on 15 August 1827. Measuring in length, the bridge was constructed between 1827 and 1836 as a result of the Edinburgh Improvement Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. lxxvi). Named after King George IV, it was designed by architect Thomas Hamilton (architect), Thomas Hamilton (1784–1858) to connect the South Side district of Edinburgh to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mound
The Mound is an artificial slope and road in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New and Old Towns. It was formed by dumping around 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the foundations of the New Town into Nor Loch, which was drained in 1765 and forms today's Princes Street Gardens. History The construction of the Earthen Mound, as it was originally called, was first proposed in 1783 by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, John Grieve to support merchants on the Royal Mile to improve connection to the residents on Princes Street (which was then built only from St Andrew Square to Hanover Street and was wholly residential) in correct anticipation of the need for such a new route. Its completion was not formally agreed until the 1827 Improvement act. It was improved over the years until by 1830 it was macadamised and landscaped so that it appeared more or less complete. A need for a railway tunnel was pre-empted in 1844 with the current southern tunne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh Film Guild
The Edinburgh Film Guild (EFG) is a film society based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 1929, it is notable as the oldest continuously running film society in the world. Though pre-dated by the original (London) Film Society, founded five years earlier, it has outlasted it, with the Film Society having ceased operation in 1939. The EFG is also of note for having established the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1947. According to Scottish Film theory, film theorist and documentarian John Grierson the EFG was of particular importance for promoting a wide view of film, cinema. Writing in 1951 he commented: "The old London Film Society was the first to break from somewhat exclusive attention to the avant-garde and take the longer and harder way of the Russians and more purposive users of the cinema. But it was the Edinburgh Film Guild which completed the movement - as the London Film Society did not - and saw the infinite variety of a Film Society's obligations to all catego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Home Department
The Scottish Office was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1999, exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, most of its work was transferred to the newly established Scottish Executive (now officially the Scottish Government), with a small residue of functions retained by the Scotland Office. History Following the Act of Union 1707 and the adjournment of the old Parliament of Scotland, the post of Secretary of State for Scotland was established within the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Secretary of State was entrusted with general responsibility for the governance of Scotland, with the Lord Advocate acting as chief law officer in Scotland. The post of Secretary of State for Scotland was abolished in 1746, and the Lord Advocate assumed responsibility for government business in Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cunningham (civil Servant)
Sir Charles Craik Cunningham, (7 May 19067 July 1998) was a Scottish civil servant. From 1957 to 1966, he was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office, its most senior civil servant. He had worked in the Scottish Office from 1929 until moving to the Home Office in 1957, and served as Secretary of the Scottish Home Department between 1948 and 1957. Early life and education Cunningham was born on 7 May 1906 in Dundee, Scotland. He was educated at Harris Academy, a selective state school in Dundee. He studied at the University of St Andrews. Honours In the 1941 New Year Honours, Cunningham was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO). In the 1946 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in recognition of his service as Deputy Secretary of the Scottish Home Department. In the 1952 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1952 were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
