NAMING HERON
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Title: NAMING HERON
Reference number: 8456
Date: 1960c
Production company: Templar Film Studios
Sound: mute
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: Non-Fiction
Running time: 2.38 mins
Description:
News footage of a ceremony to name a new De Havilland Heron aeroplane in the service of the Scottish Air Ambulance Service.
[Please note the viewing copy may display some visible defects such as flicker.]
Shotlist:
[shot-listed from mini DV - manual control track]
[no title] - shots at airfield of tractor towing BEA De Havilland Heron 'Sister Jean Kennedy' air ambulance across tarmac at Abbotsinch? airfield - shot of pilot taking photograph - int shots on aircraft, technician shows stretchers and medical equipment - shot of 'Scottish Air Ambulance Service' display board, zoom in to photograph of Sister Kennedy? - shots of aircraft, group of workers - shots of dignitaries gathering for naming ceremony outside the Clansman Club, including nurses and schoolchildren - speeches by group of guests beside aircraft - shots of onlookers - bouquet presented to Jean Kennedy's sister, Catherine Macintyre - c/u shot of speech by Sir Patrick Dollan, ex-Provost of Glasgow - gvs of ceremony and press photographers (2.38)