U.S. MARINE CORPS ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO 1960 SCOTLAND USMC 78354

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This historic Marine Corps film from 1961 (and likely showing events in 1960) shows a visit to Scotland by members of the USMC to participate in the Edinburgh Tattoo, conducted annually by crack regiments of the British Commonwealth. Marines participate in the annual parade and tattoo, marching with the Highlanders in downtown Edinburgh. The Scottish National War Memorial is seen at the 3:50 mark. The Highland Games are seen starting at the 4:10 mark, with tossing the caber shown and other sports, Scottish dancing (4:45), and a visit to downtown Edinburgh. At 6:10, some local color is seen in the form of a cute blonde who escorts a lucky Marine to see some of the sights. The Marine Band is seen performing towards the end of the film, at a massed military event.

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of Military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and International military bands and display teams on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. The event takes place annually throughout August, as part of the wider Edinburgh Festival (a collective name for many independent festivals and events held in Edinburgh during August).

The word "Tattoo," is derived from "Doe den tap toe", or just "tap toe" ("toe" is pronounced "too"), the Dutch for "Last orders". Translated literally, it means: "close the (beer) tap". The term "Tap-toe" was first encountered by the British Army when stationed in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession.

The British adopted the practice and it became a signal, played by a regiment's Corps of Drums or Pipes and Drums each night to tavern owners to turn off the taps of their ale kegs so that the soldiers would retire to their billeted lodgings at a reasonable hour. With the establishment of modern barracks and full Military bands later in the 18th century, the term Tattoo was used to describe not only the last duty call of the day, but also a ceremonial form of evening entertainment performed by Military musicians.

Although the first Tattoo in Edinburgh, entitled "Something About a Soldier", took place at the Ross Bandstand at Princes Street Gardens in 1949, the first official Edinburgh Military Tattoo began in 1950 with just eight items in the programme. It drew some 6000 spectators seated in simple bench and scaffold structures around the north, south and east sides of the Edinburgh Castle esplanade. In 1952, the capacity of the stands was increased to accommodate a nightly audience of 7,700, allowing 160,000 to watch live performances each year.

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