SEA CITY - GREENOCK
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Title: SEA CITY - GREENOCK
Reference number: 2236
Date: 1974
Director: d. Laurence Henson
Sponsor: Films of Scotland and Corporation of Greenock
Production company: IFA (Scotland) Ltd.
Sound: sound
Original format: 35mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 21.12 mins
Description:
A promotional film for the town of Greenock, featuring the Scott Lithgow shipyard, the town's industries, houses and people.
'The George Square Players' and 'Greenock Players' are local drama groups whose members appear in various cameo roles in the film [see credits]
Credits:
screenplay Cliff Hanley
camera Eddie McConnell, Mark Littlewood
sd. Cyril McConnell
instrumentals Bobby Wishart
assistants Michael Coulter, Gordon Hickie, Brian Lawrence, Ian Smith
cast : the boy, George Miller; first officer, Jack Davidson; Ann Beverag
Shotlist: Credits (.07) gvs of the port of Greenock with vessels, MV "Eurofreighter", MV "Asialiner" (1.28) shots of town centre, car travelling through town (1.50) fantasy sequence (2.34) early morning milk float (2.47) CalMac steamer with Scott Lithgow shipyard in background. gvs Scott Lithgow yard and launch of a tanker (5.57) shots from boat of the MV "Nordic Clansman" (6.45) fantasy sequence, including regatta and yacht "Quicksilver" (8.12) diagram of oil tanker (8.39) shots of the town's industries, ships, ports, [including Westburn refinery]. MV "Sugar Trader" (9.40) shots of Greenock Telegraph newspaper (10.15) Greenock tenements, the Green Oak Pub, demolition work [scripted dialogue], parks, churches (12.00) gvs MV "Columbia Star" and a sailing ship (12.20) int. of concert hall (13.50) Tontine Hotel. Fantasy sequence (15.18) pan across town centre to golf course. Fantasy sequence, includes brief shot of Morton football stadium and shoreline (20.42) ecs (21.12)