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Title: PADDLE STEAMER TRIP DOWN THE CLYDE AND SHIP LAUNCHES

Reference number: 10015

Date: 1934 / 1938

Director: filmed by George Stewart

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 20.06 mins

Description: Amateur footage of a paddle steamer trip to Rothesay, including footage of the launches of RMS Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth at Clydebank, and a road trip to Balloch.

Shotlist: Paddle steamers at Broomielaw, Glasgow, including PS Isle of Arran. Journey along Clyde, passing shipyards, ferries, Govan Pier, other vessels, Yoker power station, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank. Gvs launch of RMS Queen Mary from John Brown's yard. Continuing down Clyde past Clydebank, Singer factory, Bowling, Dumbarton. GVs on board steamer, band playing, passing Greenock. Various vessels on Firth of Clyde. Arriving at Dunoon pier. Departing from Dunoon, past Toward lighthouse, various vessels. Arriving at Rothesay pier and departing. GVs launch of RMS Queen Elizabeth from John Brown's yard. Roadside shots on A82 near Old Kilpatrick. Outing to Balloch Castle. Gvs Loch Lomond, people at lochside. Luss. Picnic at roadside, cars and cyclists passing.