TWO BIG EVENTS

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Shots of the buildings and features of the Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow in 1938. (clip - onsite only)

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Title: TWO BIG EVENTS

Reference number: 2269

Date: 1938

Director: filmed by James Robertson

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 8.34 mins

Description: Amateur footage of the launch of the Empire Exhibition 1938, followed by the launch of the "Queen Elizabeth" from John Brown's shipyard, Clydebank.

Shotlist: Credits title (0.14) Launch of "Queen Elizabeth". Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938. gvs exhibition site, avenues, pavilions, etc (1.54) The Clachan, panning shot up the exhibition tower (2.52) Garden Club, statues and terraces (3.15) Fairground shows, big dipper, etc. (4.03) shots by night of dancing waters, illuminations, fairground shows (6.56) Launch of the "Queen Elizabeth". gvs of John Brown's yard at Clydebank, cranes. Ship goes down the slipway (8.08) Crowds. The liner in the water. General scenes of the yard (8.31) The End (8.34)