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Title: LOOKING BACK

Reference number: 0591

Date: 1928

Director: [attributed to James Anderson]

Sound: silent

Original format: 9.5mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 24.03 mins

Description: Compilation of activities in and around the Mearns between 1928 - 1934: Kaye Don breaking the world's speed record on Loch Lomond, Stanley Baldwin at Carmunnock, curling on a frozen loch and the launch of the Queen Mary.

Shotlist: No credits. [B/W] ls autogyro (0.04) Mearns Roland in Play (0.08) gvs game of hockey (0.52) group shot of hockey team; pan over individual's faces (1.01) Empress of Britain Britain's Most Luxurious Liner leaves the Clyde (1.06) gvs same (2.01) The Home pictorial - Kaye Don breaks world's Speed Record on Loch Lomond (2.09) tracking shot follows vessel on Loch Lomond (2.37) Speedboat Racing on the Gareloch (2.43) gvs same, ships in b/ground (3.51) tracking shot of race from speedboat (4.31) brief shot speed boat; ms motor boat arriving, ms man on board (4.56) King Neptune in angry mood. (5.01) Shots of coastline, railway line and promenade as waves crash over sea wall and spray passing locomotive. (6.40) The haunts of the Loch Ness monster. Fort Augustus. (6.59) General shots of road, including old military road around Inverness of a touring car and driver. (9.50) [Col.] The roaring game at Tattie Ha'. (9.53) [B/W] scenes from Mearns Cattle Show; games of musical chairs, with ponies or horses- participants race to dismount and claim a free chair (10.32) horse riding event; shots of various competitors attempting jumps (11.03) Mr Baldwin opens Unionist Fete at Carmunnock. (11.08) Shots of Stanley Baldwin and the platform party and of the crowd (11.55) shots of crowds dispersing (12.00) ls and ms Helter Skelter (12.13) Mearns ploughing match January 1934. (12.16) Various shots of the competitors. (12.42) Best Pair of Horses J.& T. King, Castle Farm (12.45) ms man is handed certificates which he ties to the horses' heads; pan over the competition field and closer shots of competitors showing ploughing teams at work, brief intercuts with judges or spectators (14.07) ls collectors in fancy dress (14.21) Police marching in column along Dumbarton towards Clydebank to attend the launch of the "Queen Mary". (14.53) Shots towards the liner inside John Brown's yard over crowd's heads, with shots of platform party assembling, including Boy's Brigade?. (15.24) Shots of the launch of the "Queen Mary". Workmen standing on crane boom in b/ground; ls liner being turned on the Clyde by tugs (14.50) Shots of an open air fete. Shots of "lancing the bucket" race and throwing the hammer. (17.17) ls piper playing from platform; ls boy's pole vaulting and triple jump. (17.40) ls men's race; two competitors fall to the ground on the finish line (18.03) ls girls Highland dancing on platform to piper's music (18.27) Thornliebank - A tramcar leaves the rails and overturns killing a pedestrian. (18.32) Shots of tram lying on its side surrounded by crowds [large billboards in b/ground]; closer shots of men examining the shattered upper deck. (19.07) ls group of men and policemen examine the tracks; shots of skid marks gouged out of the cobbles. (19.29) ls a body? is passed through the crowd to a hearse, which drives off(19.43) Liner, possibly the "Queen Mary", passes down the river. Shots from riverside, including crowd following the ship. [first letters of ships name are briefly visible; "QU"] (20.55) Steam traction engine hauling a heavy load on an adapted wagon; c/u's damaged road. (21.12) various c/u's of a vintage fire engine. [Registration No. HS 399] (21.24) Livestock show; brief shots dog competition, showing dray horses, crowd and scout pipe band (22.22) ls fun race, men run with dray horses, stopping to take off caps and jackets, then a piece of tack at regular intervals; competitors then put the horses' gear back on and grab their hats to complete the race (23.50) News The End (24.03)