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Title: FILMED BY JAMES ROBERTSON 1975 / FILMED BY JAMES ROBERTSON, 1976 / FILMED BY JAMES ROBERTSON 1977

Reference number: 9259

Date: 1975 - 1977 / 1984c

Director: filmed by James Robertson

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 53.19 mins

Description: Amateur magazine film of daily life and events in several Borders towns from 1975 to 1977, including Melrose, Newtown St. Boswells, Hawick and Galashiels.

Shotlist: FILMED BY JAMES ROBERTSON 1975 - gvs at Edinburgh Zoo, including polar bear, zebras, monkeys, llama, penguins, giraffes, elephants, eagles, parrots, peacock, emu, beavers in water - gvs visitors at entrance, seals, cranes, penguins, otters, polar bear, kangaroos,hippopotamus, orangutan, bear, flamingo, leopard, tiger [dark shots] lions - ls aircraft overhead - bears (8.02) gvs river, pans across Eildon Hills and woodland, cattle - c/u shots river, gvs men playing golf, sheep, angler in river, swans, pig enclosure, gvs river and cattle, rare breed sheep, fields, flowers, town (11.51) gvs women on country path, horses and donkey in field, aircraft overhead, road, horse and dog in field - ls St. Columba's College - gvs cattle and horses, men talking on road, sheep - gvs group of people on country road, ms college - l/shots aircraft overhead - gvs woman and children walking on country path (16.07) FILMED BY JAMES ROBERTSON 1976 - St. Boswells town sign in snow - ls Eildon Hills in snow - gvs children sledging down hill - pan across snowy landscape - dark shots of streets and fields in snow shower, children sledging and skiing, swans on river (20.17) lighter shots children playing in snow in field / playground - gvs snowplough on town street and council bin lorry and workers - man clearing snow off Ford Escort outside house - council worker clearing snow from pavement - gvs snow scenes, garden, school playground, birds in garden, horse, fields, main road, woodlands, man walking dog, cattle (24.28) children playing on garden path in sun - l/s aircraft overhead - children playing in school grounds and on garden path - women chatting in garden - gvs bird, Eildon Hills, garden flowers, horse, sheep and lambs, donkeys - c/u gravestone of Janet Margaret Amos - pan across cemetery - gvs cattle, fields, Buccaneer aircraft overhead, woman walking dog (28.40) children playing in garden on sunny day - dark shots of television set showing 'Thrillseekers' - gvs donkey and horse at road-side, war memorial, horses, children playing on swings and in garden - brief shot Lessudden House - aircraft overhead - gvs traffic passing through St. Boswells - people on garden wall in sun (32.33) FILMED BY JAMES ROBERTSON 1977 - St. Boswells town sign - l/s Eildon Hills - man and women on country path in sun - gvs horses, cattle, sheep, Buccaneer aircraft overhead, calves, woman carrying dog, women on bench, children playing in back garden and in school grounds, boys in garden with scooter (35.20) gvs women at road-side, horses and donkey, people passing along pavement - l/shots river and St. Columba's College - gvs cattle - gvs on sunny street, women with prams, people on bench - children in garden, girl reading 'Twinkle' magazine - gvs people sunbathing by river bank, canoeing on river, boy diving, swimming - l/s aircraft overhead, l/s river and college - gvs flowers in garden, children in street, tractor passing, girls in garden, flowers in gardens, street, seagull (40.28) gvs people sunbathing at river bank, canoeing on river - c/u shots butterflies, bees, wildflowers - gvs sunbathing at river, boys paddling, dog, Buccaneer aircraft overhead, fields and cattle - l/s river - gvs street and houses, school, children in paddling pool - l/s rabbits in field (44.35) man and youth pose in front of tractor on road - gvs children on swings, women at gate, children on street, aircraft overhead - gvs people on bench in sun and posing for camera, men pose in front of moped, women and young girl, golf course, large house, cattle, people posing for camera in sun, walking along path, boy and girl with dog, children on playing field (47.43) gvs old men sitting on bench, cattle, flowers, sheep and lambs in field, ponies - council tractor cutting grass verges on road - gvs field with sheep, traffic passing on main road (49.05) Kelso town sign - gvs flowers, A698 road sign - gv Kelso, river and bridge, park, swan wading, angler in river, Kelso Abbey, war memorial - gvs traffic on streets, sunny day, Town House and square, Cross Keys Hotel - gvs square and traffic - dark shots gv Kelso and bridge, river - THE END - ecs (53.19)