Whether it be the world's largest arts festival, the Royal Highland Show or our annual Hogmanay street party, Edinburgh is no novice when it comes to handling massive crowds.
But there was one event in living memory that attracted more people to Princes Street than inhabit the city today, and it's estimated to have been the biggest crowd the capital ever witnessed.
On Saturday, August 18, 1951, Edinburgh played host to the largest clan gathering in history to coincide with the opening of the fifth Edinburgh International Festival, as well as being part of the Festival of Britain celebrations, which were being observed nationwide that summer.
