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Title: MILLPORT AND FAMILY SNAPSHOTS

Reference number: 4358

Date: [1950 - 1952]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.45 mins

Description: An amateur family film, recording a holiday to Millport and snapshots of the family at home.

Shotlist: shots of two girls and their grandfather picking wildflowers, walking along long seafront at Millport, and posing for the camera (1.12) more gvs girls with grandfather, mother and nanny around the gardens of the house (1.50) gvs same, standing on jetty, steamer approaches, people disembark and shots of picnic with the children (2.47) gvs crowds of people enjoying a seafront sing-along to the piano (3.01) departure of boat (3.37) gvs two little girls in playpark and digging sandcastles on beach (4.29) ints greenhouses brimming with brightly coloured flowers (4.56) women smoking and chattering as they sit outside (5.18) gvs family in garden and around house, includes shots of children running through hosepipe spray (7.31) families on beach and jetty (8.33) two girls pose outside house in fancy dress (8.50) gvs winter scenes, with snowman and ice skating outside house (10.22) exts family house and gardens, with children at play (12.45)