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Title: GLASGOW TAXI DRIVERS DAY OUT - RUSHES

Reference number: 2852A

Date: 1960c

Director: d. Eddie McConnell

Sound: mute

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 22.13mins

Description: Footage from the Glasgow taxi drivers' annual outing to Troon for children with disabilities and underprivileged children. Crowds of well-wishers are seen lining the streets in Glasgow as the decorated taxis depart in convoy. The flotilla of black cabs are covered in streamers, balloons, and some are even painted; the journey is followed by shots of entertainment and children playing on the beach.

Shotlist: parade of gaily decked taxis and an occasional bus decorated with flags, paint and balloons, children waving from the windows; tracking shot of travelling taxis [from overtaking taxi? bunting on car is visible in some shots] (2.18) taxi drivers in fancy dress, as cowboys, courtiers and masquerade (2.34) shot of stationary taxis, crepe decorations blown by the wind; shot of taxi with sign "Edinburgh Delegation" (2.57) brief shot of seagull's flight (3.08) shot of boy pretending to drive a taxi (3.16) tracking shot of the coast and boats from taxi? (3.56) [section of blank leader] (4.08) ints, taxi, back of driver's head (4.20) shot of band members getting ready, gvs crowd, including men in fancy dress; c/u children eating crisps (5.02) horse noses a stuffed horses' head mounted on a taxi, brief shot of rider in cowgirl fancy dress (5.09) gvs crowd, ice creams being handed out by men in fancy dress; brief shot performance [brief blank] (6.11) gvs children and groups of women walking past taxis (6.36) family waving at taxis as they drive past (7.04) tracking shot of workforce of Thomas Cunningham Ltd. waving at taxi's (7.12) shot of sign "Welcome to Troon" (7.16) gvs of parade, including brass band playing through roof of bus [brief blank] (8.18) shot of sea bathing, child on a donkey-ride; gvs children wearing party hats, some with crutches and callipers, paddling in the sea (9.59) gvs children and some adults on green deck-chairs watching a show; c/u children, one eating Smarties from the tube (12.36) children walking on the beach (13.08) sitting on the sea wall, by a long rank of taxis (13.56) shot of the beach, pony rides (14.19) taxis driving through Glasgow street [Argyle Street?](15.17) tracking shot of children flying streamers out of the window; brief shot of taxi decorated in tartan and pictures of "Lobey Dosser" and "Rank Bajin" [1950's characters created by cartoonist Bud Neill] (15.57) Troon: gvs crowds and and taxis getting ready to leave; shot of taxi "Section leader, Yorkhill Annex" (17.30) gvs crowds; slow pan over decorated taxis; shots of drivers standing by their cars in fancy dress; children crowding at railings; c/u signs: "Sea and Wave Us Off to Troon!", and "Fae Glesca tae Bonnie Troon We Never Let The Kiddies Doon!" (19.11) gvs crowds dispersing from show, including nurses; passing the Troon War Memorial (21.02) gvs taxi drivers in fancy dress lifting children in wheelchairs and casts up stairs(21.37) [very faded section] (21.41) gvs taxis in a long rank, c/u taxis (22.16) children gathered at country crossroads to wave (23.02)