CITY SIDELIGHTS NO. 3
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Title: CITY SIDELIGHTS NO. 3
Reference number: 0328
Date: 1956 - 1958
Sponsor: Cosmo Cinema, Glasgow
Production company: Elder Film Productions
Sound: sound
Original format: 35mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 13.00 mins
Description:
One of a series of five magazine films of Glasgow, featuring the Glasgow School of Art with scenes of art students at work.
For other titles in the 'City Sidelights' series, see also refs. 0123, 0379, 0330 and 5376
Credits:
comm. w. Pharic McLaren
comm. s. Louise McLaren, Campbell Hastie
sd. C. Leghorn, A. Biggar
orig. m. and arrangements Hamilton Scott
introd. m. Govan Salvation Army Band
m. Hamilton Scott Quartette
Shotlist: Credits (.20) Brief shots of Glasgow skyline and street. Bus and tram in front of Kelvin Hall (.31) Various shots of exterior of Glasgow School of Art and shots of students at work, painting, clay modelling, pottery, interior design (4.42) Designers and draughtsmen discussing prototype chairs in office at Morris of Glasgow, furniture manufacturers (6.07) Drawings are prepared and "jigs" built for production (6.30) Cutting, grooving and planing machines in operation. A chair is assembled by hand and finally checked by experts (7.44) Spotlight on Sport. Gvs Glasgow ice rink and people skating. "Staged" sequence as one man has difficulty in staying upright (11.26) Did you know? Answers to questions posed by commentator at start of film. Drawing class in Glasgow School of Art and various exterior shots of the building (12.03) ecs (12.25)