DUMFRIES ON THE NITH

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Title: DUMFRIES ON THE NITH
Reference number: 5557
Date: 1939c
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 3.30 mins
Description: Brief snapshots of industries and attractions in the Dumfries area.
Shotlist: Dumfries on the Nith. Gvs by river Nith - children swimming in the water. Brief shot unloading cargo from a ship in dock (0.40) street scene (0.53) Condensed Milk Factory. ext. factory; delivery lorry arrives with milk urns; man and woman hold can of "Carnation Milk " up to camera (1.20) Tweed Mills. m/s ext. mill buildings (?); brief ext. "Harrison's Mart"; brief ext. "Thomson & Laurie Royal Auction Mart"; c/u pigs sleeping in pen (1.52) Homes of Burns. ext. Robert Burns' house (2.35) Haunts of Burns. ext. ruins of Lincluden College (?) (2.51) The Globe Inn. ext. said building (3.10) St. Michael's Churchyard. gv R. Burns grave (3.30)