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Title: DENNY CLOSURE

Reference number: 2157

Date: 1963

Director: [filmed by Robert Black]

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 10.00 mins

Description: Film recording the closure of Denny yard, in Dumbarton, showing the launch of its last ship before closure, "Melbrook", and the condition of the yard after closure.

See also refs. 3201, 5242 and T1283

Shotlist: Denny Dunbarton. (0.06) [BW] pan up cranes; shot ship "Melbrook" (0.21) [COL] shots visitors on ship [circle wipe effect] (0.40) General views of William Denny's shipyard, Dumbarton. Shots of photos of vessels launched. Interior and exterior views of the yard. (2.09) Shots of workforce leaving on last night prior to closure. (3.05) Shots of the yard after closure, weeds growing up, empty railway siding, yard buildings, clock and environs; pan over yard from Dumbarton Rock; rusted anchor (6.05) Shots of yard from street (6.30) Launch of the "Melbrook" immediately prior to closure [vessel subsequently fitted out by Stephens, Linthouse] (9.17) l/s statue; c/u plaque "Peter Denny, LLD, Shipbuilder and Engineer Born 1821 Died 1895."; l/s of children play park, Dumbarton Rock in background; c/u drawing of hovercraft (9.54)