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Title: BRITISH MOVING PICTURE NEWS NO 127 and UNIVERSITY NEWS

Reference number: 0516

Date: 1919 - 1930

Production company: Russell Productions, Pathe Gazette, British Moving Picture News, Green's Film Service

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 8.00 mins

Description: Compilation of local topical and news stories of Glasgow University life, including a rugby match against Edinburgh University, the rectorial elections, and student charity day.

See also GLASGOW STUDENT BETWEEN THE WARS ref. 1601 for final edited version. First sequence is probably earliest surviving and one of the first editions of British Moving Picture News (May 1919). Opening sequence possibly from SCOTTISH MOVING PICTURE NEWS N0 127 May 1919 on Haig's visit to Glasgow.

Shotlist: title missing. [1919, Scottish Moving Picture News no 127?] Earl Haig? inspecting troops. (00.15) British Moving Picture News "Dougie". Glasgow reluctantly bids farewell to her youngest freeman. Military figure, Douglas Haig? boards a train. Pipe band. Guard of honour and various military and civil dignitaries. Shots of crowds outside (1.06); Russell Productions present Glasgow University Screen News, specially prepared to Rugby Dance at Westerlands [sic] 21st March 1930. Scottish Inter-university sports held at Westerlands, Glasgow, on Saturday June 2nd. Shots of runners. Half-mile won by HC Maingay, Edinburgh, breaking the record in one minute 58 seconds. Shots of the runners again. Shots of various sports, including high jump, hurdles and long jump (2.05); 1925 That bally eye-glass. Sir Austen Chamberlain with his famous monocle installed Glasgow's Lord Rector (Pathe Super Gazette, Scotland). Shots of Sir Austen Chamberlain with various university officials. Group of female students all wearing monocles (2.46); 1925 The opening of the rugby stand. The match is against Edinburgh University. (Westerlands) Shots of Chamberlain sitting in the stand watching the rugby match in play. Later, he meets the teams (3.15); [1929] What a rectorial means. The fight outside the polling station. Shots of students fighting in the West Quad preceding Stanley Baldwin's victory (4.19); [1929] Mr Baldwin installed Lord Rector of the University. (Pathe Super-Gazette, Scotland). Shots of crowds in the street. Baldwin and university officials. Shots of a group of female students (5.10); Charities Day. The trailer that was shown throughout Glasgow the week previous to Charities Day 1929. Includes shots inside a hospital and students coming out of the university with their collection cans [poor quality] (6.34); [1929] The students ask for "samoa" cash for the hospitals. Mr. Baldwin and Lord Provost Kelly at the City Chambers (Pathe Super Gazette). Students wearing fancy dress. Shots of a pipe band. Shots of Baldwin and Kelly again. Procession of floats and students outside the City Chambers. Mr. Baldwin and Lord Provost Kelly (7.32); ecs (7.35)