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Title: ISLAY AND COLONSAY

Reference number: 2893

Date: 1959

Director: [filmed by Valerie Thom]

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 26.34

Description: Scenes on the Inner Hebridean islands of Islay and Colonsay - cargo is loaded and unloaded onto steamers; peat cutting; fishing boats; the animal and birdlife on the islands; the ruined priory on Oronsay and the botanical gardens on Colonsay.

Shotlist: [shotlisted retimed from speed corrected tape, manual control track]

Title. Isles of Argyll c/u Map of islands - Islay, Colonsay and Jura. (0.15) Steamer "Lochiel" approaching pier, possibly Craighouse, Jura. Car loaded by net onto deck. Steamer pulls away from pier. (1.33) shots of passengers on deck. (3.17) Approaching Islay and Port Ellen. Car is unloaded onto quayside. (4.04) Map of Islay. (4.24) Shots from steamer as it leaves Port Ellen. Woman enjoys picnic by shore. Shots rocky coastline and c/u rock formations; coughs; American monument on the Mull of Oa. (6.19) wild goats running along the slopes. Woman swimming. Shots of seaweed in water. (7.18) Men cutting peat. Peat laid out to dry, then taken away by wheelbarrow. Stacking peat. (8.12) Woman in water, collecting seaweed?; c/u sandeels; shot cows on beach, one standing in the water; beach and fields beyond. (10.04) Cluster of cottages by shore. shoreline, waves breaking on beach. Woman walking dog on white sandy beach. Sunset over the hills. (11.57) shots of harbour and boats. Sea anemone and jelly fish. (12.58) Steamer approaches pier, probably "Lochiel". Lorries and barrels offloaded. (13.35) Shots Port Askaig. Steamer leaves Port Askaig and passes fishing boat in Sound of Islay. (14.21) c/u map of Colonsay, indicating Scalasaig (14.42) Shots of Colonsay Hotel and Queen's Monument. Shots of the Strand. Hangman's Rock. (15.21) Van driving over the Strand to Oronsay. Shots of tractor crossing to Oronsay. Ruins of Augustinian priory on Oronsay. Shots cloisters, Celtic Cross. (16.37) Shots of bay, possibly Balnahard. Shots of ducks and eggs; Kilchattan; (17.45) shots Highland cattle. Uragaig and Kiloran Bay. Sheep shearing. (18.44) Standing stones, possibly Fingal's limpet hammers at Kilchattan. Shots Kiloran Bay. Passengers board motor launch at Scalasaig harbour and are taken out to waiting steamer. Motor launch returns to Colonsay. (20.07) Shots West Coast cliffs; c/us Guillemots, fulmar, etc. nesting on cliffs. Razorbill and shag. More shots birds nesting on cliffs. (23.01) West Coast cliffs, Mull in the background. Shots of Loch Sgoltaire. Canada geese, with goslings on the loch. (24.17) Shots of Colonsay Gardens and Colonsay House. gvs gardens rhododendrons, roses, etc.; Swan Pond and black swan (26.34)