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Title: HEART OF EASTWOOD, the

Reference number: 10472

Date: 1970 - 1973

Director: filmed by Averil and Willie Murdoch

Production company: Thornliebank & Giffnock Cine Club

Sound: sound

Original format: super 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 26.49 mins

Description: A history of the Eastwood area in Glasgow, and footage of new community building developments in the early 1970s.

Credits: script and production Averil & Willie Murdoch

Shotlist: THORNLIEBANK & GIFFNOCK CINE CLUB PRESENTS - title - shots of a map of Ayr, Renfrew and Lanark. Shots of Eastwood Toll. BARONY OF EASTWOOD - Shots of maps as the narrator provides information about the area. Shots of landscape, quarry and Cathcart Castle golf course, Rouken Glen Park. Shots of Spiersbridge roundabout. Shots of Eastwood parish church and burial ground. GVs of landscape and more shots of a map of the Barony of Eastwood 1789. Shots of a map of the wood of Eastwood. Shots of main streets and Orchard Park Hotel. - SPRINGTIME IN EASTWOOD PARK - Shots of a sign for Eastwood First District Council. Shots of a river and flowers in the woods. Shots of Eastwood House and shots of a man walking around the house. The narrator explains about an expansion of the area and addition of a swimming pool and theatre. EASTWOOD PARK MAY 1970 - A NEW ROADWAY IS PREPARED - Shots of a man in a wood knocking down a wall and shots of the wood. Shots of men carrying saplings and shots of a man cutting down a large tree. Shots of trees being cut down. Shots of diggers and trucks being driven around the woodland area. Shots of the road area starting to be dug. A TREE IS PLANTED 3RD JUNE 1970 - Shots of dignitaries gathered for the ceremony. Shots of two men planting the tree. Shots of the crowd clapping as the tree planting is concluded. Shots of a sign for the Eastwood House Redevelopment listing the contractors involved. Shots of Eastwood House and a sign for the site of the new swimming baths and halls. SPRING 1971 - Shots of the building site and shots of a man walking through Eastwood House gardens with greenhouses. EASTWOOD HOUSE OFFICIAL OPENING 15TH OCTOBER 1971 - Shots of people arriving. Shots of the council chairman and Viscount Muirshiel giving a speech. Shots of a woman speaking. Shots of a man being presented with gift and a woman are shown given flowers. Shots from around the almost finished swimming pool building. Shots of a joiner at work. EASTWOOD RECREATION CENTRE - OFFICIAL OPENING - 8TH JANUARY, 1973 - Shots of the council chairman and Scottish Under-Secretary of State Hector Monro giving a speech, being presented with a quaich. Further speeches follow. Shots of women being presented with flowers. Int shots of swimming pool. Int shots of theatre, audience and theatre performance - THE END