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Title: CAIRNIE HILL, ARBROATH

Reference number: 8747

Date: 1928*

Director: filmed by (Andrew Gibson) see additional information

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 14.17 mins

Description: Footage of the Fraser family of Arbroath at the family home at Cairnie Hill - includes shots of family cars and chauffeurs and children at play in the garden.

See also ref 8748

Digitisation funded by British Film Institute 'Unlocking Film Heritage', awarding funds from the National Lottery.

Shotlist: [shot-listed from AVI file using Quicktime]

(0.00) blank (0.03) gvs driveway of house at Cairnie Hill, Arbroath, Rolls Royce Twenty drives up - chauffeur holds car door as Fraser family members come out of doorway and get into car - chauffeur closes doors and drives off, women and children wave from doorway - another car drives up, family come out of doorway and get in, car drives off - another car drives up, chauffeur opens door and older man with beard gets out and enters house - he then helps women and children into car - shot of chauffeur helping children back out of car (3.37) shots of cars driving into gateway of house from road - shots of chauffeurs helping families out of cars on driveway - shots of everyone walking past camera in line, followed by chauffeurs, boy on tricycle and teenagers on bicycles - shots of everyone walking down steps in grounds of house, children rolling down grass banks (6.59) c/u shots of teenagers and children - gvs children playing in garden, adults relaxing under sunshade and walking around garden - gvs gardens and hothouse, children playing on grass banks (9.06) shots of staff, older couple and children feeding chickens (10.42) gvs gardens and family walking around, gardeners at work (13.02) tracking shot from car entering gateway of house, then up drive to house - tracking shot continues following motorbike up driveway - gv of house and gardens (14.15) blank (14.17)