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Jedburgh, Borders, Scotland.
L/S of town. Various shots of men boarding up shop windows and covering lamps with baskets. A crowd of young men and boys gathers in the street. A leather ball is thrown into crowd. Various shots of scrummage as boys try to get the ball.
The game is the traditional, annual Candlemas Ball Fight - two teams from each end of town try to gain possession of the ball.
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