Easter Road Parade - Colour film of Hibs 1949

[itslegaltender]

Great bit of footage put up on the Tartanarmy board site from a user called Ersatz Thistle who I think also has the facebook and Scotland international football magazine, Scottish Epistles.

Hibs including famous five in technicolour glory. Great footage of a game against St Mirren and one at Ibrox, dont think we won 3-2 though.

http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/8528?...arch_fuzzy=yes

[Brummie_Hibs]

It is fantastic footage

[Curried]

Brilliant footage…..I had a great laugh at the ref and assistantsrunning about in their sports jackets.
Ishould be compulsory attire these days :-)

[worcesterhibby]

wonderful stuff..thank you for posting.

[DarlingtonHibee]

Brilliant footage it's a grand old team to play for....

[Cluny Hibs]

Thanks for posting that, great to see.

[1620]

Thank you for posting that. It was fabulous and brought back so many memories.
Does anyone know how I could save a copy of that to my iPad?

[Billy Whizz]

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Thank you for posting that. It was fabulous and brought back so many memories.
Does anyone know how I could save a copy of that to my iPad?

Just add it as a link
Click the box at the bottom with the arrow pointing up, then add to home screen option

[Steve-O]

Great 👍

[Baw187]

That's fantastic!

[G B Young]

I've got this on an old video cassette called 'Inside Easter Road' which I no longer have the facility to play so it's good to see it again.

What strikes me is how bl**dy fantastic our kit is. There must be fans who chose to support Hibs on the basis of that alone. I also love the simply yellow jumper, white shorts and greens socks worn by the keeper (Tommy Younger?).

The rubble at the back of the terracing is presumably part of the process of extending that the ground at that time. The stadium looked much better without the cowshed.

Great crowd for a game v St Mirren, but the crowd at Ibrox is something else. Looks like about 100,000 strong!

[pollution]

I thought that was Arthur's Seat at first, at 1min 20 seconds.

Great film, thanks for posting!

[ChilliEater]

Really enjoyed that

[Lancs Harp]

Is the 1949 year right? I cant find a record of us playing St Mirren at home in '49. In 48/49 season it was in '48 and 49/50 season it was in '50, unless im reading my fitbaststs wrong.

[Brummie_Hibs]

I noticed a few players wearing green and white harlequin type shirts during training - was this an official match shirt?

[SirDavidsNapper]

Going by that footage the East terracing was being extended. Our record attendance of 65k must have been before the extension if I've got the year right. Incredible. How did they all get in?!

[High-On-Hibs]

When it first goes through the tunnel into the staidum, I was wondering what all the goal posts were doing there.

[.Sean.]

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I noticed a few players wearing green and white harlequin type shirts during training - was this an official match shirt?

That would make a class away top in white and bottle green and black shorts.

[NthCarolinaHibs]

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I've got this on an old video cassette called 'Inside Easter Road' which I no longer have the facility to play so it's good to see it again.

What strikes me is how bl**dy fantastic our kit is. There must be fans who chose to support Hibs on the basis of that alone. I also love the simply yellow jumper, white shorts and greens socks worn by the keeper (Tommy Younger?).

The rubble at the back of the terracing is presumably part of the process of extending that the ground at that time. The stadium looked much better without the cowshed.

Great crowd for a game v St Mirren, but the crowd at Ibrox is something else. Looks like about 100,000 strong!

I have the same old video tape and got converted onto DVD at a wee shop down at Roseburn..great watch..💚

[Hibbycol]

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I noticed a few players wearing green and white harlequin type shirts during training - was this an official match shirt?

training kit I think,also the wee laddies being coached by the famous five is quality,anybody recognise anybody,or any body's dad or grandad ????

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[Hibbycol]

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I have the same old video tape and got converted onto DVD at a wee shop down at Roseburn..great watch..

I gave the short version on my phone from the video but can't upload it ,I can post pics but not videos ,or would have done it already,as it's the 70th anniversary of that league championship win .

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[Hibbycol]

Aye it's still in my file ,it's 7 minutes 27 seconds long and is fantastic,hibs tune in the background and commentary

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[Alvin]

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I've got this on an old video cassette called 'Inside Easter Road' which I no longer have the facility to play so it's good to see it again.

but the crowd at Ibrox is something else. Looks like about 100,000 strong!

According to wikipedia:

"Rangers won the league with a 2–2 draw in their last match, away to Third Lanark, a game in which Rangers took a 2–0 lead before Thirds fought back to 2–2. Another goal for Third Lanark would have handed the title to Hibernian.
A few days previously, Rangers had drawn 0–0 with Hibs at Ibrox before a crowd of 101,000, the largest crowd to watch a League match in Britain since the war, a record that still stands. Had Hibs won this match they would have become champions."

[Speedway]

John McGinn and Simon Murray doppelgangers both spotted on that footage.

Easter Road itself hasn't changed.

Is it bad that I was shouting abuse at a piece of silent film stock when the Hun took to the field?

[snooky]

Is there a soundtrack? Can't hear one on my pc.

[Hibbycol]

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Is there a soundtrack? Can't hear one on my pc.

I took it from the hibs DVD and the commentary and hibs tune is added onto silent 16 mm film, quite well done imo.

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[snooky]

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I took it from the hibs DVD and the commentary and hibs tune is added onto silent 16 mm film, quite well done imo.

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It's silent on my pc. (However, I can hear the soundtrack on the Highland Doctor video)

[RoxburghHibs]

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Going by that footage the East terracing was being extended. Our record attendance of 65k must have been before the extension if I've got the year right. Incredible. How did they all get in?!

My grandad was at the 65k+ game v Hearts. I remember him saying it was before the east got extended and the game was rubbish. It got interrupted constantly as the crowd kept spilling onto the pitch.

[SirDavidsNapper]

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My grandad was at the 65k+ game v Hearts. I remember him saying it was before the east got extended and the game was rubbish. It got interrupted constantly as the crowd kept spilling onto the pitch.

Heath and safety out the window in those days lol

[SirDavidsNapper]

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John McGinn and Simon Murray doppelgangers both spotted on that footage.

Easter Road itself hasn't changed.

Is it bad that I was shouting abuse at a piece of silent film stock when the Hun took to the field?

Nope. One of the few times I've seen footage of Hibs not winning at Ibrox 😉