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Title: RED DEER

Reference number: 1827

Date: 1971

Director: filmed by David Stephen and Douglas Gray

Sponsor: Educational Films of Scotland

Production company: Park Film Studios

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 17 mins, c

Description: A study of the red deer in its natural habitat. The control and preservation of the species are also looked at. Includes footage of rutting and newborn calves.

Shotlist: opening credits (0.14) gvs red deer on hillside (0.43) coloured map showing concentration of deer population throughout Great Britain (1.00) gvs wintry landscapes with wildlife such as deer, eagle (1.40) tracking shot from car , 'Beware of Deer' sign at side of road and m/s deer (2.17) gvs deer and sheep on rocky barren moorland (2.36) shot of deerhunter with telescope viewing stag herds and hind herds (3.16) deerhunter inspects deer trails, droppings, muddy pool used as wallow (3.44) shots of stags growing and stripping their antlers (5.04) shot of cast antlers which some stags eat for mineral content (5.13) gvs wildflowers, lone hind and her calf snuggled on hillside (5.57) gvs eagle, grouse chick, adder, mountain vixen (6.11) hind and her calves grazing (6.53) man with net catches calf and tags ear (8.34) shot of deer nutrition experiment underway in fenced area on Rhum (8.49) gvs red stags and rut (11.20) stag is run out on the Cairngorms (11.35) gvs deer at peace again (11.57) deerhunters observing deer, cull in progress and gvs shooting and stalking (13.24) hill ponies (garrons?) transport dead deer across hillside (14.52) deer grazing (15.07) antlers being sawn to make knife handles, lamps etc in workshop (15.14) gvs deer (15.29) sportsmen silhoutted against sky (15.50) ecs (16.03)