Waverley Steps (film)

Waverley Steps
Directed byJohn Eldridge
Written byJohn Sommerfield
Produced byPaul Fletcher
CinematographyRoland Stafford
Edited byJohn Trumper
Production
company
Greenpark Productions in association with the Film Producers' Guild
Release date
  • 1948 (1948)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish

Waverley Steps is a 1948 dramatised documentary film depicting a period of 30 hours in the life of people in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was directed by John Eldridge, produced by Paul Fletcher for Greenpark Productions and sponsored by the Scottish Home Office for the Central Office of Information. It had its premier at the second Edinburgh Film Festival in 1948. Unusually for a government-sponsored film, it also received a cinema release.[1][2]

The film's title is a reference to a flight of steps at Edinburgh's Waverley Station. However, the steps themselves do not feature in the film.

  1. ^ Russell, Patrick (21 October 2015). "Waverley Steps: a day in Edinburgh". BFI. British Film Institute. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ Hardy, Forsyth (19 August 1948). "World Interest In Film Festival". The Scotsman. Edinburgh: Scotsman Publications. p. 4.