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Title: BORDER RAID

Reference number: 1884

Date: 1957*

Director: [filmed by A.C. Cromer, Edinburgh]

Sponsor: Scottish Youth Hostels Association

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 8.42 mins

Description: A group of hostellers enjoying a tour of the Borders, visiting Melrose, Selkirk, Cauldshiels Loch, Mungo Park's birthplace, Newark Castle, and Broadmeadow and Snoot youth hostels.

Shotlist: Credits (.23); It all began at the Abbey town of Melrose. Shots of hostellers leaving bus and walking through Melrose, including shot of the abbey (1.39); Cauldshiels Loch. Shot of map, hostellers beside loch and hiking through countryside to Selkirk (2.33); Selkirk. Shots of hostellers in Selkirk, including shots of Battle of Flooden Field (?) and memorial to Sir Walter Scott (3.45) Various shots of hostellers paddling in river (4.25); Mungo Park's birthplace and Newark castle. Shots of ruined castle and river (4.54); Wardens welcome at Broadmeadow. Shots of hostellers as they arrive at Broadmeadow hostel, including shots of lady warden and hostel activities and leaving for Snoot (7.40); Shots at Snoot hostel and hike to Hawick (8.42).