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Title: FAMILY ALBUM, 1951

Reference number: 4263

Date: 1951

Director: [filmed by Alan Stott]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 8.39 mins

Description: A holiday family album, with three little brothers in starring roles. Holiday antics on the beach, at the playpark and the river are recorded.

Title on original can: 'The Young Anglers: A Holiday Episode At Stratheene '. There is a name on can (could possibly refer to film-maker?): Ronald McMillan.

Shotlist: [all the following footage b&w] c/u sign 'City of Aberdeen - Please Drive Carefully' (0.08) gvs in Duthie Park, with little boys sailing boats on pond and shots of children in pedalos (0.44) c/u sign for Johnston Public Gardens; gvs in gardens (1.11) c/u sign for Union Terrace Gardens; shots of men playing outdoor game of 'draughts' (1.38) [all following footage colour & b&w mixture] Family Album, 1951; introducing Neil, Colin and Alastair (2.44) [b&w] Shooting? at Stonehaven gvs children playing on chute and swingpark (3.31) Spoil sport little boys playing together, knocking down a tower the other has made out of logs (4.25) Fun in the Feugh mother and children at play on stony banks of stream (5.49) Holiday High-Jinks children at play in rocky coastal pools, in playpark, on boating pond, making sandcastles on beach (8.08) And Finally 'The Tail Piece' dog eating biscuit from teddy bear's head! (8.32) The End (8.39)