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Title: WAVERLEY LOCAL NEWS REVIEW 1936

Reference number: 6628

Date: 1936c

Production company: News Reel Unit of the Edinburgh Cine Society

Sound: silent

Original format: 9.5mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 6.22 minsc

Description: Amateur newsreel overview of various events in July, mid to late 1930's, including the Burry man on his rounds during the Queensferry Carnival and various Naval craft on the Clyde.

Shotlist: Title, Queensferry Carnival Celebration. (0.04) gvs children crowd around the "Burry Man", a figure covered in burrs, decorated with flowers and a flag wrapped around his waist; Burry Man walks down street supported by two men (0.33) gvs children's fancy dress parade led by brass band, Forth rail bridge visible in b/ground. (1.00) ls Carnival Queen; shots of crowds watching and crowning ceremony on platform (1.23) July. (1.25) Daily Record headline 'Oil! Secret of Dalkeith Find at Last'. (1.31) Sign 'To D'Arcy'; ls smoke from industrial chimney; gvs oil well buildings (2.07) The drill used in boring. (2.11) Gvs. same (2.16) Making slits in the drill to allow oil to slip through. (2.20) Gvs same. c/u machinery during drilling. (3.27) ls oil well (3.31) July Annual Memorial Service at the Shrine. (3.35) Gvs service outside. (3.50) The Colour Parties arrive. (3.52) Pipe band, flag bearers enter Shrine. (5.03) July. The Fleet in Scottish Waters, Evening Scenes on the Clyde. (5.07) ls Naval vessels in the Firth. (5.15) H.M.S. Ark Royal. (5.16) Silhouette same. (5.25) H.M.S. Nelson - the Flagship. (5.26) Closer view Nelson, various craft on Clyde. (6.22)