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Title: LAUREL BANK SCHOOL FILM

Reference number: 0954

Date: 1952

Director: [filmed by Colin Ure]

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 16 mins, c

Description: A compilation film of events at Laurel Bank School, Glasgow including a Guide camp, school sports day and a Coronation cruise.

Mary Ure, actress (deceased), and pupil of the school, is included in the film. Father, Colin M. Ure, was Chairman of the Board of Governors. Film made to celebrate the school's Golden Jubilee 1903-1953.

Shotlist: Credits. In the playground at break. Shots of some of the younger pupils playing. Study in the open air. Older pupils reading on the balcony. The art class. One girl sits by a tree in the grounds while her classmates sketch her. Young gardeners. Smaller girls tend the flower beds. Cookery. Prizegiving on the terrace. Shots as teachers and pupils file out of building and across to terracing. Prizes are given out. Ball games in the New Hall. General Shots of pupils in the hall. Gym in Belmont Grounds. Girls perform gymnastics on grassy areas. Shot of Great George Street/Kersland Street in the background. Tennis. Laurel Bank v Academy. General Views of the tennis match. The sports, May 1952. General views of parents and pupils and of various races and events. Guide camp in Bute. June 1952. General views of campsite and surrounding coastline as guides cook and wash up, practise semaphore and go on a hike etc. 1953. Hockey. School v Staff. General views of match. Coronation cruise. General views of teachers and pupils on deck of steamer. Guide camp at Scalpsie Bay. General views of camp, inspection, cooking and practising semaphore on the beach. Laurel Bank School Film.