Biography of 'Edinburgh Cine and Video Society (ECVS)'

Amateur Cine and Video Society

ECVS was founded in 1936 as the Waverley Cine Society. Within a year the new club had acquired premises at 23 Fettes Row, in Edinburgh’s New Town. On moving into what was to become a permanent home, the club changed its name to Edinburgh Cine Society.

The basement properties were rented out as a contribution to covering the mortgage costs, and the Society developed the ground floor of the premises for their use. There was a cinema, lounge, kitchen, a studio space and darkroom for film processing. The war naturally inhibited much of the film making activity with many of the male members in the Services and a shortage of film stock for the amateur. The ladies kept the Society going, organising fund-raising events to help with the mortgage payments. Post-war the Society enjoyed a resurgence, with refurbishment of the club rooms and regular meetings on Friday nights and film-making in groups at the weekends.

In the 1950’s the old bus seats in the cinema were replaced with stock from a local cinema that was closing, creating a 78 seat auditorium with a separate projection box.

The club flourished in the twenty years after the war, reaching its maximum permitted membership of 150 with a waiting list.

The club rooms were in premises designated as a listed building and major renovation works were required in the early 1970’s. The completion of those works, assisted by grants from the Edinburgh Conservation Committee was marked by a visit from the Queen Mother Patron of the Conservation Committee who unveiled a plaque on the wall of the building and enjoyed a tour of the club rooms. Like many earlier episodes in the Society’s history this was recorded on film. With a reduced membership, and a need to fund the share of the building works the ground floor was sold off and the club moved into the basement, no. 23A, creating a smaller 52 seat cinema.

In the 1980’s came videotape, formally adopted by the Society in 1990 when it was resolved to admit as members those who professed to be videographers. The name of the organisation was changed to reflect this - Edinburgh Cine and Video Society. Thursday nights became video nights whilst retaining the traditional Friday evenings for the main club activities. The new section of the club benefited from a donation from a local company of two Sony cameras and two U-matic recorders. Video projection equipment was installed at a later date.

[Extracted from article by Norman Speirs in ECVS Journal Cine Chat, Issue 29, October 1996.]

Researcher: Norman Speirs

Films associated with 'COCOZZA, Enrico'

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	JOIN THE TEA SET [6576] Add to my films Amateur comedy short about granny's visit which disrupts a boy's comic reading. He gets revenge by scaring her with a clockwork mouse to the detriment of the tea set of the title.		1967 mute col
	JOINT OUTING TO JEDBURGH '69 [6403] Add to my films General views from the joint outing to Jedburgh of the Edinburgh, Hawick and Dumfries amateur Cine Societies.		1969 sound col
	JOINT OUTING TO ST. MARY'S LOCH JUNE 1970 - NEWSREEL [6575] Add to my films A record of the activities of a combined Edinburgh Cine Society and Hawick Film Group outing to St. Mary's Loch. General views members family trip to hotel and picnic.		1970 silent col
	JUMBLE FEVER [6482] Add to my films Amateur comedy about frenzied bargain hunters attending an Edinburgh Cine Society evening jumble sale. The tables are cleared in a few minutes and organisers left the worse for wear!		1965 silent bw
	JUST WILLIAM [6565] Add to my films Small boy - the William of the title - causes havoc whilst at picnic on lochside.		1968 sound col
	KING OLAV'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH OCTOBER 1962 [6284] Add to my films Overview of King Olav's State visit to Edinburgh 16th and 17th October 1962. From arrival to troop inspection at Holyrood Palace - much pageantry - and Freedom ceremony in Usher Hall. Queen and Prince Philip feature.		1962 sound col
	KINGHORN [6524] Add to my films Amateur general views of an outing of crowd to Kinghorn. Crowd smiling for camera and playing on beach.		1930 silent bw
	KOMM AM DEN RHEIN [6459] Add to my films Amateur footage of holiday down the Rhine in Germany, features general views from boat of riverside landscape and settlements.		1965 sound col
	L - MADE AT UNICA CONGRESS... [6280] Add to my films Amateur film of 14th of July celebrations in Paris and Angers. Also, meeting of UNICA for amateur cinema enthusiasts.		1955 silent col
	L'APRES MIDI [6483] Add to my films Amateur general views countryside scenery and couple having a picnic. The accompanying soundtrack features two male voices discussing in a light-hearted manner how best to make a film on a hot day, with classical music in the background.		1971 silent col
	LARGO CAMP [6512] Add to my films Amateur general views people camping at Largo, playing outside tent on shore.		1930 silent bw
	LAST TRAM, the [5877] Add to my films Family film showing the life of an Edinburgh family with two children in the 1950s and the Last Tram in Edinburgh in 1956.		1956 silent col
	LAST WEEKEND, the [6435] Add to my films Amateur short film about a hotel manager who finds himself performing all roles - from receptionist to barmaid - in the hotel. At the end he has had enough and leaves.		1980 sound col
	LATE HOME [6289] Add to my films Amateur short about domestic argument between man and woman which ends in violence.		1965 sound col
	LEIGH [6648] Add to my films Amateur general views family visit to friends or family in England. General views house, street, people, large suspension bridge and visit to zoo.		1960 silent bw
	LEITH HOSPITAL FLAG DAY [6544] Add to my films Amateur footage of a parade through Leith with various floats and vintage vehicles for Leith Hospital Flag Day.	Onsite only	1938 silent bw
	LEITH PAGEANT, the [5876] Add to my films Presented by the Leith Region Old People's Welfare Council, this film records the floats, costumes and crowds of the Leith pageant of 1958.		1958 silent col
	LES GIRLS EN MAROC [6458] Add to my films Amateur overview of womens' trip to Morocco in camper van. Landscape and street scenes footage, including Marrakech. Traditional dress, architecture.	Onsite only	1975 silent col
	LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT [6598] Add to my films Amateur fiction film about the human race's fascination with light, from the builders of Stonehenge to a modern tale of two boys going fishing by candlelight, then being caught by gamekeepers.		1968 silent col
	LINBURN'S ROYAL DAY [6567] Add to my films Overview of Royal visit to Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded workshops and houses in Linburn, Midlothian. People cheering and waving from exterior galleries.	Onsite only	1958 sound col
	LISBON [8644] Add to my films Film of a holiday to Lisbon, including UNICA (International Union of Amateur Cinematographers) festival.		1954 silent col
	LOIRE 72 [6600] Add to my films Amateur general views the Loire, France. Street scenes, chateaux and family relaxing.	Onsite only	1972 silent col
	LONDON [6661] Add to my films Footage from 1920's of London, Princes Street in Edinburgh, charabanc outing and countryside scenery.	Onsite only	1925 silent bw
	LONDON [6497] Add to my films A family outing to the tourist sites of London.		1963 silent col
	LOST PROPERTY [6462] Add to my films Amateur comedy short, featuring an absent minded man at a Lost Property office.		1955 silent bw
	MAGIC FLUTE, the [6400] Add to my films Amateur fiction film about criminals who use a soporific magic flute to steal from people. Children ensure that they get their comeuppance.		1969 sound col
	MALTA [6454] Add to my films Amateur general views of a holiday in Malta, featuring local scenery and architecture.		1970 silent col
	MANAGEMENT OF DYSMELIA IN CHILDREN [6638] Add to my films Overview of the management of dysmelia in young children. Detailed footage of disabilities and deformities as well as footage of children using various prostheses.		1964 mute col
	MARBLE ARCH [6422] Add to my films Amateur film footage of John Mortimer play for Edinburgh Cine Society sound test.		1984 sound col
	McEWAN ON THE MARCH [6406] Add to my films Amateur comedy short featuring animated beer cans on a table.	Onsite only	1967 silent col
	MEADOWBANK SPEEDWAY [5853] Add to my films Speedway fixtures at Old Meadowbank stadium involving Edinburgh Monarchs, Lanarkshire Eagles and Glasgow Giants - includes footage of children playing at speedway racing with cycles on a suburban street.		1952 silent bw
	MEADOWBANK SPEEDWAY EXTRA FOOTAGE [5871] Add to my films Film showing different speedway teams, including the Glasgow Giants, race at Meadowbank speedway ground.	Onsite only	1952 silent bw
	MESSAGE, the [6410] Add to my films Amateur fiction film about a man finding a message in a bottle in a loch which leads him to a woman just further along the lochside.		1968 silent col
	MILAN FAIR [6486] Add to my films Brief amateur general street scenes in Milan, 1957.		1957 silent col
	MONEY SUNK [6287] Add to my films Amateur short about housing improvement grants being allocated in Edinburgh - a couple receive a new sink and work units.		1968 sound bw
	MRS C's ROSES [6455] Add to my films Amateur overview of 'Mrs C' preparing her roses and them later in full bloom.		1979 sound col
	MUCKITALLUP [6481] Add to my films Amateur short about the carelessness with litter of visitors to the countryside. A young family leave a trail of litter along their trip, only to find visitors with a similar habit have been to their picnic spot before them.		1970 sound col
	MUNRO FAMILY AT THE EMPIRE EXHIBITION [5859] Add to my films Fictional 'family' (probably members of the society) day out to the Empire Exhibition held in Glasgow, 1938.	Onsite only	1938 silent bw
	MURPHY FILM, a [5845] Add to my films Family film covering four seasons, mostly in the family garden with day trips including zoo sequence.		1939 silent col
	MURPHY FILM, a: Holidays 1938 [5846] Add to my films Holiday film of a family trip to St Ives, via London by train.		1938 silent bwcol
	NADDLE [6646] Add to my films Amateur general views of Naddle in Lake District of England. General views of flooding in countryside and on roads. General views family and children at play.		1960 silent col
	NEW BEGINNING, a [6438] Add to my films Amateur fiction short featuring a woman feeding her cats milk and visiting her next door neighbours.		sound col
	NEWSREEL 1939, CONTINUED [6469] Add to my films Amateur newsreel featuring general views of various events in Spring 1939. Made by the Edinburgh Cine Society.	Onsite only	1939 silent bw
	NEWSREEL 1977 [6447] Add to my films Amateur newsreel overview of various events held in 1977, many to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee. These include the gathering of the clans, Royal procession along High street and general views of Edinburgh Festival parade.		1977 sound col
	NORTH EAST COAST EXHIBITION [6525] Add to my films Amateur general views of the North East Coast Exhibition in Newcastle in 1929.		1938 silent bw
	NOTHING VENTURED or HUNT THE STRIPPER [5841] Add to my films Amateur comedy fiction film about a girl teaching a Peeping Tom a lesson, or so she thought as the youth and man leave together.		1971 silent col
	OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN RELATION TO CEREBRAL PALSY [6631] Add to my films Trims and offcut footage of children with cerebral palsy receiving occupational therapy at the Westerlea School.		1954 silent col
	ODD SHOTS I [6637] Add to my films Amateur odd shots (filmed by members of the Edinburgh Cine Society?) featuring a variety of subjects including family, various sports and a wedding.		1950 silent bw
	ONCE BITTEN... [6420] Add to my films Amateur film of busy streets in Edinburgh, seen through the eyes of a young man. He speaks about his experience of social phobia, depression and attempted suicide and how his stay at a Young People's Unit has improved his outlook.		1970 sound bw
	OPENING OF THE BOWLING GREEN 1954, the [5866] Add to my films The opening of the bowling green in Wardieburn in 1954.		1954 silent col