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Title: KIDS CONCERT IN AID OF RED CROSS

Reference number: 1089

Date: 1942*

Director: [filmed by Ben H. Humble]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 8.06 mins

Description: On a sunny evening, children perform sketches in aid of Red Cross in a garden for friends and family.

Humble papers deposited in National Library of Scotland. Further information can be found at https://manuscripts.nls.uk/agents/57836?agent_type=agent_person [last accessed 26/08/2021]

See book "The Voice of the Hills: The Story of Ben Humble" by Roy M. Humble (Chapter 6) Additional information file also held at National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive

Credits: Jean Gibson
Dorothy Blair
Morag [Brennan?] (illegible)

Shotlist: Credits (0.06); Dorothy, Margaret and Jean and full supporting cast. Poster which reads "Kids Koncert in Aid of Red Cross". Children arrive and put money in jar at the gate (0.35); "Cast" put on their costumes and perform sketches; "Jazz", "Spain"; "Ballet"; "Conga" General views of the concert and audience; c/u tapping feet The End (7.00)

[Please note actual running speed is 18fps but has been shotlisted at 24 fps]