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Title: OPENING OF "A CENTURY OF ENTERTAINMENT", the

Reference number: 0947

Date: 1979

Director: [filmed by John Fletcher]

Sound: silent

Original format: super 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.34 mins

Description: The opening reception of the exhibition "A Century of Entertainment", concerning the history of the ABC, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, on 26th November 1979.

The exhibition was held in the Conference Room of Glasgow Film Theatre.

Shotlist: [Shotlisted from time-coded VHS copy, times converted from 25fps to 18fps]

No credits. General views inside the exhibition area including shot of Janet McBain and guest Prof. John Izod and others standing around (0.25) c/u sign "Regal presents A Century of Entertainment 'Fun Without Vulgarity' " guest Prof. John Izod chatting [to left] (0.49) small groups of people, including Ruby Milne, former cashier at ABC; The Lord Provost, David Hodge arrives and is greeted by Charles Oakley. Shots of the Provost talking to Alan Dale, manager of the ABC Centre, and Janet McBain, Archivist to the Scottish Film Council. (2.34) Shots of guests during the speech given by Mr Oakley, including Annie and Alan Docherty (?) (3.09) General views of exhibition and guests; c/u poster "David Copperfield", "Possessed"; "Son of Kong"; Sporting Blood; group including Barney McCue, chief projectionist at ABC [now at GFT] (4.27) shot of old projection equipment; Ruby Milne chatting; pan across exhibition (5.50) Janet McBain giving speech, standing in front of Poster for "Little Caesar" (6.04) gvs groups of visitors including (7.02) Forbes Castell [centre of group], (9.53) Dick Tucker [bearded man in light suit and tie] (7.49) David Bruce; also Alan Knowles, administrator of GFT, Terry Meade of Columbia EMI-Warner, and various parts of the exhibition itself. Further shots of Alan Dale, and Mrs Dale?, David Hodge, Charles Oakley, staff of the ABC and the exhibition itself (9.34)