St Andrews, Flying a Kite on the West Sands

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The beach run, which opens and closes Chariots of Fire, has become one of the most iconic scenes in British cinema, often imitated and, as a multi-Oscar winning film, widely recognised at home and overseas. For St Andrews, this short sequence, depicting a group of runners along the West Sands beach, may be the defining visual depiction of the town. However, it was only by chance that Chariots of Fire came to be filmed in St Andrews. Quoted from the Cinema St Andrews website.