Scotland Armed Forces Day Video - Edinburgh Event - RAF, Rifles, Bagpipes and Royal Marines
- 3 years ago
Highlights video taken of Edinburgh's Armed Forces Day which took place in 2011 featuring a parade filled with marching music making it's way down the Royal Mile past the Scottish Parliament into Holyrood Park next to Holyrood Palace.
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00:00:06 – Royal Marines Band
00:01:48 – Band and Bugles of the Rifles
00:03:15 – Battle of Britain RAF Flypast
00:06:05 – Combat Demonstration
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Videographer – A Taylor
Video shot using Samsung handheld camera
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Parade musical arrangements cleared by event organiser
Music audio recording copyright belongs to A Taylor
Some familiar tunes can be heard such as Life on the Ocean Wave, Heart of Oak, Highland Laddie, Scotland the Brave, the Royal Air Force March, Bonnie Dundee and Atholl Highlanders March.
Many bands took part in the event including the Royal Marines, Royal Air Force and the Band of the Rifles as well as many Pipe Bands playing bagpipe music, brass band music, drumming, Rifle bugle marching music and veterans.
A special treat was seeing an RAF flypast made up of a world war two Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane which many people will associate with the Battle of Britain. The Spitfire engine sound never gets old. I'd highly recommend checking out the East Fortune Airshow where you will also get to hear and see these aircraft at their annual show. You'll see a short flypast I managed to catch at the end of the video too which is a Tornado Aircraft.
Following the parade of bagpipes and other military music there were combat demonstrations within Holyrood Park such as a showcase of a Japanese headlock. If you are interested in attending future events I'd recommend searching for Scotland Armed Forces Day Edinburgh where there are usually similar events taking place on a regular basis every year.
The Armed Forces Day 2011 event took centre stage in Scotland's Capital City of Edinburgh to celebrate the work and commitment of the British Armed Forces and the Army in a Veterans Day.
At midday bang on schedule unlike the parade of military forces which was forty minutes delayed for some unexplained reason, the Red Arrows carried out a flypast over the Parliament from the East Coast across the top of Edinburgh Castle towards Leith.
The flypast was sponsered by Selex Galileo. Fifteen minutes later, the crowds were treated to an exciting flypast by the Battle of Britian Memorial Flight which included a Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane well known from the 1930's and 40's during the awful conflicts of World War Two.
Occurring at the same time, the Armed Forces Day video parade began with many of the Scottish Regiments marching down the High Street to Holyrood Park which included all three services of the Military being represented. I managed to catch a glimpse of the military uniforms of the Royal Marines Band, Scotland, the Royal Air Force Band and the Queens Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force.
▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00:06 – Royal Marines Band
00:01:48 – Band and Bugles of the Rifles
00:03:15 – Battle of Britain RAF Flypast
00:06:05 – Combat Demonstration
▬ Cast & Crew ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Videographer – A Taylor
Video shot using Samsung handheld camera
▬ Music Copyright ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Parade musical arrangements cleared by event organiser
Music audio recording copyright belongs to A Taylor
Some familiar tunes can be heard such as Life on the Ocean Wave, Heart of Oak, Highland Laddie, Scotland the Brave, the Royal Air Force March, Bonnie Dundee and Atholl Highlanders March.
Many bands took part in the event including the Royal Marines, Royal Air Force and the Band of the Rifles as well as many Pipe Bands playing bagpipe music, brass band music, drumming, Rifle bugle marching music and veterans.
A special treat was seeing an RAF flypast made up of a world war two Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane which many people will associate with the Battle of Britain. The Spitfire engine sound never gets old. I'd highly recommend checking out the East Fortune Airshow where you will also get to hear and see these aircraft at their annual show. You'll see a short flypast I managed to catch at the end of the video too which is a Tornado Aircraft.
Following the parade of bagpipes and other military music there were combat demonstrations within Holyrood Park such as a showcase of a Japanese headlock. If you are interested in attending future events I'd recommend searching for Scotland Armed Forces Day Edinburgh where there are usually similar events taking place on a regular basis every year.
The Armed Forces Day 2011 event took centre stage in Scotland's Capital City of Edinburgh to celebrate the work and commitment of the British Armed Forces and the Army in a Veterans Day.
At midday bang on schedule unlike the parade of military forces which was forty minutes delayed for some unexplained reason, the Red Arrows carried out a flypast over the Parliament from the East Coast across the top of Edinburgh Castle towards Leith.
The flypast was sponsered by Selex Galileo. Fifteen minutes later, the crowds were treated to an exciting flypast by the Battle of Britian Memorial Flight which included a Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane well known from the 1930's and 40's during the awful conflicts of World War Two.
Occurring at the same time, the Armed Forces Day video parade began with many of the Scottish Regiments marching down the High Street to Holyrood Park which included all three services of the Military being represented. I managed to catch a glimpse of the military uniforms of the Royal Marines Band, Scotland, the Royal Air Force Band and the Queens Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force.