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Title: BROWNIES AND LIFE BOYS AT SOUTH SHAWLANDS CHURCH

Reference number: 6337

Date: 1955c

Director: [filmed by Rev. Merricks Arnott]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.10 mins

Description: A short film demonstrating some of the activities practised by the Brownies and Life Boys groups at a Glasgow church (possibly South Shawlands) including singing, crafts, outdoor exercise and marching drill.

Shotlist: [Shotlisted from timecoded VHS copy, 16fps and 25fps actual timing is 12.10mins @ 18 fps]

[no title] - shots of group of Brownies sitting in circle singing action song and playing (0.55) shots of leader presenting girl with Brownie wings, including c/u shot of wings badge (1.12) shots of leader with group of Brownies (1.33) shots of girls getting semaphore training (1.58) shots of leader and girl playing with a ball (2.13) c/u shots of short ceremony with Guide leader and two brownies (2.52) shots of group in circle playing games (3.03) shots of three guides raising union flag (3.10) shots of girls practising bandaging (3.39) shots of group playing recognition and card games (4.33) shots of group demonstrating hopping, flag recognition, bandaging, crafts, magnet games, singing (6.38) c/u shots of toadstool with Brownie sixes' symbols and brown owl on top (6.45) wide and c/u shots of group singing games (9.17) shots of group of Life Boys getting off coach (9.38) shots of group arriving in field at seaside (10.03) shots of boys putting on football boots (10.02) shots of group of adults/parents (10.20) shots of boy with cricket bat (10.28) shots of football game with parents/leaders watching (11.00) brief shots of younger boy and girl playing with a hoop (11.10) interior church hall shots: wide and c/u shots of Life Boys performing marching drill (12.46)