Title: "PIPERS and GUARDSMEN make picturesque scene at wedding of Miss Sylvia Ogden & Mr. Ernest de Winton Wills".
M/S, looking over the heads of a crowd, of a row of soldiers in busbies and some Scotts pipers standing outside a large church or cathedral, the bride and groom come out of the church. M/S of the bride and groom coming out of the church, they walk under an arch made by the swords of a line of guardsmen in busbies, in the foreground are several pipers piping.
L/S of the bride and groom coming out of the church, a large crowd watches the procession of page boys, bridesmaids, ushers and guests. Press photographers rush out of the crowd to take photographs of the lavish occasion. M/S of the grown up bridesmaids, partnered by ushers, coming out of the church; there appears to be at least four of them.
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