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Title: MUNRO FAMILY AT THE EMPIRE EXHIBITION

Reference number: 5859

Date: 1938c

Director: [d. R W Heriot]

Production company: [A Waverley Production]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 3.29 mins

Description: Fictional 'family' (probably members of the society) day out to the Empire Exhibition held in Glasgow, 1938.

This film is also incorporated into ref. 6944.

Credits: [The Family
Mrs Munro - Elizabeth Kemp
Dad - Harry Howey
Phyllis - Mary Murdoch
Jack - Will Nisbet
Maimie - Jessie McCorquodale
Sandy - Bill Mark
Boy Friend - Phil Dacre
The Girl - Nancy Duncan]

Shotlist: Shot of band playing in bandstand. Couple in audience leave and begin strolling around Bellahouston Park. (0.18) Shot of building with sign Industries. Gvs class of children as they walk around the park. Gvs of people outside the refreshments area, boys given money by Dad who walks towards "Cafe Restaurant, Licensed". The Munro boys climb on a toy aeroplance fair ride. Dad slips into "Y Bar" (2.10) Boys are given more money by their father to go on the rollercoaster. (3.06) Shot of fountain in centre of park. Young couple cosy up on bench (3.29)