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Title: OFFICER CADET TRAINING UNIT 165

Reference number: 2672

Date: 1940

Director: filmed by Harry Birrell

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 29.54 mins

Description: Military cadets at training camp in Dunbar; on parade, at bayonet practice, and taking part in various sports, including many scenes shot at Dunbar Outdoor Pool.

Shotlist: May, June, July 1940 credits (0.24) We prepare to leave Hamilton shots of cadets packing, at railway station and bus stop (1.28) our first impressions of Dunbar. (1.32) Brief shot of Hotel Albert (1.41) elevated shots of cadets training with rifles and bayonets and brief shot, cadets cleaning rifles; ms man using a flame on his boot (1.41) int. shots cadets cleaning out room and shot of cadet combing his hair at a window (2.53) gvs cadets on parade and marching along street (3.52) shots of cadets digging trenches, and on parade on grounds of training quarters (4.47) gvs cadets off duty (5.08) int. shots cadets eating a meal (5.37) shots of cadets exercising on beach (4.28) [under exposed] shots of cadets returning through street after exercising (6.44) the swimming competition shots of cadets entering Dunbar outdoor swimming pool and shots of spectators (6.59) cadets swimming (7.58) cadets rowing barrels across swimming pool (8.42) shots of cadets swimming and spectators (8.56) cadets in paddle boats (10.44) shots of cadets diving into the pool [some shots in reverse] (11.38) moving day again shots of cadets with luggage and cadets walking down a street carrying bayonets (11.59) cadets loading a truck (12.09) tracking shots cadets driving; waiting for transportation and arriving at Hillside Hotel (13.28) cadets moving baggage on a handcart, one man catching a ride (13.49) the tank hunting platoon has a spot of practice (13.56) shots of burning van and cadets throwing bottles at it (14.30) Bridge & Boat the Army's toys shots of cadets crossing river using a pontoon bridge and in small inflatable boats (14.52) construction of bridge; cadets paddle across in small boats (15.38) the mechanised army shots of cadets cycling, some shots taken from cycle (17.04) brief shot cadets during leisure time (17.07) cadets marching (17.20) gvs cadets sunbathing; steam loco passing under bridge (18.04) battalion sports gvs cadets competing in foot races (18.49) c/u cadets (18.56) cadets running races (19.30) c/u the long jump and tug-of-war (20.07) the National Day of Prayer gvs church and church goers (inc. cadets) (21.05) Everyone at the OCTU must learn to drive. And how! shots of cadets driving through roads and across country on motorbikes (22.20) c/u cadets (22.29) cadets driving trucks (22.44) road block gvs cadets filling sandbags and loading them onto a lorry, playing about on beach, brief shots nude man running into sea (23.42) tracking shot of cadets in truck (23.47) gvs cadets constructing road block from cement blocks and sandbags, traffic weaving through (24.18) Fun and games at the swimming pool (24.22) c/u sign: "Swimming Pond"; visuals Dunbar outdoor swimming pool and seascape (24.39) gvs cadets in swimming pool; c/u individuals; cadets diving in and playing on li-los (26.45) c/u man in "Dunbar Pool" swimming outfit [possibly staff?]; further shots cadets diving into pool (27.36) gvs cadets on the sea in a boat and on the beach (28.07) c/u cadets in civilian clothing in rowing boat along coast; (28.35) [Col] c/u front page of "The Scottish Daily Express" newspaper and of reader [headline "Germans Closing In"] (28.44) gvs women at swimming pool (29.05) gvs cadets in pool and on beach; visuals seascape and sunset (30.00)