CAMPANIA
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Title: CAMPANIA
Reference number: 3974
Date: 1951c
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 4.59 mins
Description:
Footage of the "Festival of Britain" ship arriving in Dundee.
Please note film viewing copy is suffering from Vinegar Syndrome.
Shotlist: Gvs at Dundee dock, showing a banner reading "Festival of Britain" and sign post reading "Campania" (0.16) Shot of the front page of the (Dundee) Evening Telegraph bearing headline "Festival Ship Arrives in the Tay" (0.20) shots of the ship coming into dock at Dundee, towed by a tug, including shots of the crowd gathered to greet it (2.12) shot of Navy marching band at docks (2.31) shot of procession of dignitaries (perhaps the Lord Provost) (3.18) shots of queuing public boarding the ship (3.44) (Lord Provost) and coterie welcome people aboard, shot on board ship of people milling around (4.21) Shot of notice reading "Flying Fifteen racing boat" followed by shot of RNLI life boat ("Minehead Lifeboat") (4.33) shot of small wooden boat with notice reading "15 foot design sailing dinghy" (4.42) shot of another small boat, this time with notice reading "Falmouth 14 motor launch" (4.50) gvs onboard ship (4.59)