Couple from misplaced marriage movie reunited after 57 years!

An Australian couple have coincidentally discovered previous misplaced footage of their wedding ceremony in Scotland after 57 years.

Eileen and Bill Turnbull married in Aberdeen in 1967 and later moved overseas – however with out the movie.

The footage was discovered when an previous cine movie was transferred onto DVD for a person in Aberdeen. He posted a photograph of it on social media and the couple in Brisbane later recognized themselves.

After re-watching the movie – which she had seen solely as soon as earlier than – Mrs Turnbull informed BBC Scotland News it was an “absolutely wonderful” feeling.

The couple married in August 1967 at Maastricht Church, Aberdeen.

He was filmed leaving the church on gear borrowed from a piece colleague.

They then borrowed a projector to look at it however returned it with out realizing that the movie was nonetheless with them they usually have been unable to search out out the place it had gone.

They moved to Australia in 1981, the place they’re now grandparents, each aged 77.

Fast ahead to April this 12 months, Terry Cheney in Aberdeen was discovering previous cine footage which he had transferred onto DVD.

When she seemed again at it there was footage from some wedding ceremony she knew nothing about.

Mr Cheney posted a nonetheless picture taken from a recording of the comfortable couple on his Facebook web page, nevertheless it was about six months earlier than a shocked Mrs Turnbull got here throughout the image.

“It was absolutely amazing, I couldn't believe it,” Mrs Turnbull informed BBC Scotland News.

“I was looking at Facebook and this wedding photo came up. My husband was sitting here, I turned to him and I said 'This is our wedding photo.'

“I messaged Terry and it took off from there. Her uncle was the guy we borrowed the projector from after the wedding to watch the movie, he worked with my husband.

“We gave the projector back, and we didn't realize the film was still in the projector. We just found out.

“We saw it once, then we couldn't find it and didn't know what happened to it. It must have been mixed with something and it just came up.” Decided.”

Mr Cheney was able to send them a link so they could watch the footage – and it brought back some special memories.

“I find it strange to see my mother and father actually walking around, not just in a picture,” Mrs Turnbull said.

“And my husband, he saw his grandmother and grandfather, who were 100 years old when they died.

“I watched it again today, I can still recognize everyone.

“It was absolutely amazing to look back and see these guys – I still can't really believe it.

“I was just telling my neighbors, we've got our wedding album, and most of the people in it have died. So it was just surreal watching the movie. We still have some of them.”

He said that having part of their wedding filmed – the footage is less than three minutes – was “probably very unusual” at the time.

“Terry sent me the link so we could watch it here, it was just unreal.”

Mr Cheney mentioned he was within the Royal Navy and had a number of reels of his personal cine footage.

He mentioned, “When I came home I gave it to my uncle, who kept it safe for me.”

“One day he decided he was moving house so I took my movies back. I kept them in my house for a long time. And then I decided I would transfer them to DVD, because I didn't have a projector.

“The first film that was on DVD was a mysterious unknown film to me. It was apparently a marriage in Maastricht Church. I watched it a number of occasions, I didn't know anybody.”

They posted a photo on a Facebook page, but Mrs Turnbull saw it when someone shared it on another page.

“I waited about six months after which Aileen mentioned 'that's us',” he mentioned.

“When he informed me he'd solely seen it as soon as in 57 years it was actually a joyous second.”

He hopes they can actually meet him if they can come to Aberdeen on holidays.

“I have been delighted to help Aileen and Bill,” Mr Cheney said. “After 57 years they’re very comfortable. Very comfortable ending.”