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Title: MARCH OF TIME: Jan - June 1946

Reference number: 3497

Date: 1946

Director: [filmed by Nan Taggart]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 6.31 mins

Description: Family film featuring harbour views of Stonehaven and Collieston. The film features shots of men in soldier's uniform - possibly this film was taken during their leave from duties in the Second World War?

Taggart family owned a granite yard up until 1956 when they sold up, bought a farm at Marywell on Deeside and moved from the city to the rural life. Both mother, Nannie, and daughter Nan, chronicled the early years of their new lives on the farm on film. Nan Taggart and cousin Glen Ross interviewed about the films on THE WAY IT WAS, Grampian TV, transmitted October / November 1994.

Digitised clip from this title available, made possible by funding from the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN) 2001 - 2002. Use of clips must acknowledge SCRAN as source of funding. See http://www.scran.ac.uk for further details.

Shotlist: [no credits] shot of woman feeding a young toddler a banana, shot of boy eating banana (0.21) brief shot of houses on hill, dipping down towards the harbour. shots of family walking by the sea, shots of hens in a yard, general family shots (1.27) shots of family standing beside a bridge, some of the men are in military uniform (as it is during the Second World War) shots of a garden with tulips and daffodils in bloom, shots of gardeners (2.06) shots at night - at a fairground (?) (2.36) shots of an orchid tree beside a garden shed (2.45) brief shot of soldier with older woman, soldier is carrying a brownie camera (2.47) brief shots of men at work with brushes and buckets (2.53) shots of steamer coming into harbour, gvs of harbour and family walking along side the harbour/sea, shot of old lady with lighthouse in the background (3.30) shots of fishing boats in harbour (3.42) shots of ruins, family shots beside ruins on the hillside (4.08) shots of sheep and surrounding countryside (4.17) general family shots in a back garden, young man on a tricycle and two women dressed in swimming costumes (4.54)

[Please note at actual running speed of 18fps this title has a total running time of 6.31 mins]