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Title: SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND

Reference number: 2777

Date: 1964c

Director: p. Finlay J. Macdonald

Production company: BBC TV Scotland

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 29.01 mins

Description: Through a series of interviews with former Secretaries of State, the film traces the development of this ministerial position describing the responsibilities of the Minister and his relationship with both local and central government.

Credits: sc. & nar. Magnus Magnusson
cam. Alex. Scott
sd. rec. Gordon Forsyth
sd. mixer John Goodwin
ed. Patrick Higson

Shotlist: Credits (0.21) Willie Ross, Secretary of State for Scotland 1964-1970, entering St Andrews House, Edinburgh and into his office (1.53) T/H Ross talking of his unique wide-ranging powers as a minister (2.23) T/H Lord Muirshiel (John S. Maclay) Secretary of State for Scotland 1957-1962, he refers to the different departmental responsibilities he had (2.52) T/H Arthur Woodburn, MP, S.of S. 1947-1950 (3.40). Gv's of village school with boys outside, factory making tractors - probably Massey Ferguson, Kilmarnock, shots of slum clearance, and down a coal mine (5.03) T/H Lord Rosebery, S.of S. May-July 1945 (5.50) T/H Michael Nobel, S. of S. 1962-164 (6.07) T/H Lord Muirshiel (7.15) Gv's office workers and archives of St Andrews House (8.11) shots of Scottish Office Civil Servants (9.09) T/Hs of S. of Ss. who discuss relationship between Civil Service and the Minister (11.30) Gv's of Dover House, Whitehall, London headquarters of S.of S.(13.05) shot of Minister of State for Scotland George Willis MP, and Parliamentary Under Secretaries - Bruce Millan, Dr. J Dickson Mabon, and Lord Hughes who have specific departmental responsibilities and form a Scottish " inner cabinet " (14.58) Gvs of 10 Downing Street (15.30) T/H Lord Stuart (James Stuart) S. of S. 1951-1957 (17.44) Various T/H's referring to the role of S. of S. in the Cabinet (19.18) Gv's of Parliament (19.39) Gv's of new official Edinburgh residence in Charlotte Square (19.55) T/Hs referring to work pressure on S. of S. (23.10) Gv's of computers at St Andrews House (23.57) Gv's S. of S. performing ceremonial functions (28.40) ecs (29.01)