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Title: MALLAIG AND THE SMALL ISLES

Reference number: 4589

Date: 1970c

Director: filmed by Mr Tom Urie

Sound: sound

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 11.03 mins

Description: The film begins by showing activities in Mallaig harbour such as unloading fish, shelling seafood and loading boats with fresh ice. There then follows an amateur record of a trip on the ferry 'Loch Arkaig', travelling from Mallaig to the small isles of Eigg, Rhum and Canna.

Shotlist: [SHOTLISTED FROM CONTROL TRACK, BETA SP]

(00:00:00:00) gvs fishing port of Mallaig, shots of fish being unloaded (00:00:42:22) nets are reeled in (00:00:52:05) two men stand beside boats shelling live seafood (prawns?) (00:01:20:23) supplies of crushed ice made at the ice making plant are piped onto fishing boats in harbour (00:02:04:23) gvs 'Loch Arkaig' sailing and landing at harbour 00:02:59:08) unloading cargo, followed by lift crane loading crago, shot of man throwing postal sacks on deck (00:03:44:11) scenic shots taken from on board car ferry 'Bute' en route to Armadale, Skye, includes seabirds diving on water (00:04:09:12) arrival at Eigg, where small ferry boat meets the 'Loch Arkaig', cargo and passengers are exchanged (00:05:15:13) gvs various boats as seen from 'Loch Arkcaig' as it departs (00:05:31:02) arrival at Rhum, where small ferry boat meets the 'Loch Arkaig', cargo and passengers are exchanged (00:06:38:22) cargo of building materials is unloaded (00:07:16:18) small ferry departs for Rhum (00:07:40:09) gvs island coastline, approach and landing at Canna (Chanaich) pier, includes exts Piermaster's Office followed by gvs island and coastal landscape (00:08:45:21) gvs as seen upon departing Canna pier, cruising up Sound of Sleat where naval ship is passed (it being a mother ship for landing craft) (00:10:21:21) ferry 'Bute' passes, on way back to Mallaig (00:10:48:01) shOt of lighthouse and approach to Mallaig (00:10:58:12) The End (00:11:03:18)