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Title: BUTLIN'S FILM FOR EDINBURGH CINE SOCIETY WORKSHOP

Reference number: 6448

Date: 1980c

Director: [filmed by Archie Craig]

Sound: sound

Original format: super 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 29.20 minsc

Description: Amateur trim footage of unidentified Butlins camp. General views of facilities and events including donkey derby, Royal Marines display, and stage show.

Shotlist: Lit candle before wedding photo. (0.16) People arriving at reception, (0.46) gvs int. large "tropical island" water feature. (1.50) Ext. large fountain, Shopping Centre, ext. chalets. (3.14) Miniature railway and train at waters edge. [sound starts at 4.36, ends 5.25] (5.25) Int. games room with snooker tables (5.31) pan over interior of shop; shots of boxes of sweets on sale (6.32) Ext. nursery. (7.05) Tracking shot of grounds from small cable car; swimming pools, fields, beach. (8.41) [sound starts 8.41, ends 11.54] Ext. donkey derby on links. c/u individuals in crowd (11.54) Ext. gvs chalets. Brief view int chalets. (13.30) [Sound starts] Ext. Royal Marines helicopter display; demonstrate hand-to-hand combat; parachutists. [Sound ends] (20.25) Gvs ext. Butlins, small fairground, waltzers etc. (23.53) [Sound starts; ends 26.10] Staff stage show; redcoats sing and dance; comedian; "Jungle Book" skit. (28.37) Couples dancing. [sound from 28.37 to end] (29.45)