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Title: CARDEAN 1968 - 1975

Reference number: 3625

Date: 1968 - 1975

Director: [filmed by Prof. Anne S Robertson]

Sponsor: Hunterian Museum

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Description: A film tracing the excavation of a Roman fort at Cardean on the border of Angus and Perthshire from 1968 to 1970.

The cataloguing of this collection was assisted by referring to the handbook "Scotland's Roman Remains" written by Dr. Lawrence Keppie.

Shotlist: #1: Cardean 1968 - 1970
Opening credit, Cardean 1968(0.15) shots of the excavation of a ditch with pottery being found(3.43) Cardean 1970(3.48) shot of excavation(4.01) East Side and East Entrance(4.05) excavation team having a break then posing for the camera(4.30) short clips[heavily edited] of different parts of the excavation,[containing some awkward zooming shots, which detracts from the recording of information](6.47) ground plan of the fort at Cardean - shown upside down(6.51) end credit(6.55) East Side and East Entrance continuing shots of the excavation[underexposed](7.54). [213ft]

#2: Cardean 1970 - 1975
general shots of the excavation site showing the measuring, digging and the use of the brush and trowel as well as the bagging and recording of artifacts found(8.43) shots of the excavation in further stages of advancement(12.43) excavation team pose for the camera and spell out "Finis" with their measuring sticks(13.20). [360ft]