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Title: GLASGOW IN THE SIXTIES

Reference number: 1959

Date: 1969c

Director: filmed by W. and A. Murdoch

Sound: sound

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 13.32 mins

Description: Compilation of scenes from Glasgow in the sixties including footage of the Gorbals, Paddy's Market, the Broomielaw the Alhambra Theatre and Glasgow Green.

Shotlist: [shotlisted from speed corrected VHS copy, manual control track]

Credits. The changing scene. (0.04) Glimpses of Glasgow in the "Sixties" (0.10) Castle Street in the Heart of Glasgow (0.12) Gv's of Castle Street area, Glasgow Cathedral, Provands Lordship Glasgow's oldest house. (0.36) The Molendinar and the Lady Well Shot of Molendinar (St Mungo's stream) choked with litter. The Lady Well, close to the cathedral. Drygate tenement housing in the area. (1.18) Duke Street Construction of new flats in area of former Duke Street prison. (1.39) C/u of a building in Barrowlands. General views of the traders and streets of the area. Busy London road, stalls and shops, Loch Fyne Shellfish Bar. (2.29) The last of Glasgow's trams [1962] Shots of cavalcade in Argyle Street. Busy Argyle Street toward central station. (2.54) C/u tram driver and conductress. Tram for Queen's Park with camera men on top deck. Trams with destination boards for Kelvinside, Maryhill, Glasgow Cross, Springburn. Some of the final trams in used in Glasgow. (3.17) Paddy's Market. Shipbank Lane. Gv's of market and shoppers. (3.47) Gorbals. General views of streets, Orange March at Gorbals Cross. (4.09) The Citizens and Palace Theatres, George's Cinema. Gv's of the Old Gorbals. (4.34) Abbotsford Place area in disrepair, back courts, children playing in streets. (0.05.21) Construction of Hutcheson E block of flats. New Gorbals. (5.26) Broomielaw. Shots of steamer "Queen Mary II" at quay full of passengers and proceeding down river. (5.52) Glasgow Fair Saturday 1964. St. Enoch station forecourt. Busy with passengers, taxis and cars. (6.19) Clyde tunnel. Driving up to and through the tunnel. (6.51) Gv's of Esso advertising. (6.59) Pollokshaws. Gv's of streets to be demolished. Old Round Toll. Old and new housing [1966] (7.43) St Enoch's Station. General views of station interior and platforms. Shortly before its closure. (8.20) St Andrew's Drive, Pollokshields Large uninhabited houses with vast grounds [including A E Pickard's], later demolished. (8.55) New flats blocks constructed in Pollokshields. (9.07) Approach to Kingston Bridge. South side under construction. Areas to be transformed into a new approach road for the Kingston bridge. Some buildings already demolished (9.35) Gv's of Charing Cross and Grand Hotel prior to demolition. Before the construction of a motorway. (9.52) Shots of St Andrew's Halls still damaged after 1962 fire. (10.11) Cowcaddens and Port Dundas. Gv's of the old Stow College building. (10.29) C/u Glasgow's first teacher training college. at Dundas Vale (10.42) Gv's of Shamrock Street area, Garnethill and Port Dundas canal basin. No longer used. Pinkston power station. (11.15) Alhambra Theatre. Gv's of exterior. Sign advertising an appearance by Cilla Black. Theatre closed in 1969. (11.39) Glasgow Green. Gv's of park (11.47) C/u of Doulton fountain. (12.03) Gv's of Monteith Row. (12.26) People's Palace. Gv's of park, walkers, children playing, iron fountain, washing hanging on lines on the beating green. (12.50) Shots of riverside walk, boating on the river. (13.05) Molendinar joins the Clyde. Toward Albert Bridge where the burns runs into the river. (13.15) Kingston Bridge, December 1969. View along the Clyde to the almost completed bridge. (13.32) ecs (13.32)