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Title: FISHERMEN; ST GILES; PRINCES STREET

Reference number: 5872

Date: 1954*

Sound: silent

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.38 mins

Description: Random collection of shots of Edinburgh life, including fishing, farming and city life.

Shotlist: Shot of fisherman gathering in their net: a few fish have been caught and are dying on the shore. (1.51) Shots of a car crossing a bridge in the countryside. Shot of a farmer in a field on a tractor and men cutting peat. (3.49) Shot of fisherman looking for mussels while immersed in the water. (5.07) Gvs of crowd assembled at St Giles to watch a procession. Brass band plays. (7.03) Shot of a highland cow. Gvs of farm and animals. (7.45) Gvs of a loch surrounded by mountains (8.18) Shot of tram coming down Hanover Street towards Princes Street and heading up the Mound. Gvs of New College, the Divinity faculty of Edinburgh University. Tim In (9.38)