From the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle

The Massed Pipes and Drums
2nd Battalion Scots Guards with dancers
The Royal Scots
The Royal Highland Fusiliers with dancers
The Black Watch

The Scottish Division Assault Competition
Soldiers from units of the Scottish Division abseil down the castle walls and tackle an assault course on the Esplanade

The British Columbia Beefeater Band
Conductor, Gordon Olsen with their own corps of Majorettes

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The 'Mounties' in a spectacular display of precision horsemanship

The Royal Danish Life Guards
Precision drill by this elite corps of the Danish Army

The Massed Bands
The Royal Marines, The Royal Scots, The Queen's Own Highlanders and Scottish Country Dancing with members of the W.R.N.S., W.R.A.C. and W.R.A.F.

The Grand Finale
with the largest military band ever assembled on the Castle Esplanade
The Lowering of the Colours and Lights Out

The Tattoo presented by H.Q. (Scotland) (Army) and produced by Brigadier John S. Sanderson D.S.O., O.B.E.

See cover story on page 3 and colour feature on page 28
(Colour)