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Title: COUNTY OF CONTRAST/ EVENING CRUISE

Reference number: 6629

Date: 1938

Director: filmed by James Douglas

Sound: silent

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 16.40 minsc

Description: Two films on one reel. 'County of Contrast' is an overview of Ayrshire history and landscape. 'Evening Cruise' is a brief record of a steamer departure and tour around the Firth of Clyde.

Credits: British Fim Censors certificate 'U'.
Specially Commended by Amateur Cine Council.
p. & ph. James Douglas
Premier Award for 9.5mm Films, Edinburgh and S.E. Scotland Film Festival 1938
Winner of Lizars Trophy, Edinburgh Cine Society
Waverly Amateur Cine Club. Club Prize for 9.5mm Films 1937.
James Douglas presents

Shotlist: COUNTY OF CONTRAST
Illegible newspaper page, BFC certificate, title. Ayrshire. Woman walking along road with dog. - few counties can offer such varied contrasts within their boundaries. Lowlands. Brief view landscape. - and Mountains. Brief view mountain. - country. Brief view countryside. - and Town. Brief view Edinburgh. Sandy beaches. Children on beach. - and Cliffs. Sea crashing off cliffs. Agriculture. Field with haystacks, windmills. - and Heavy Industry. Pan coal mine. AYR - the County Town. Civic buildings. Early morning scenes in the Harbour. Gvs fishing boats, unloading catch, men stacking boxes. The memory of Robert Burns still lingers here. Burns Cottage, ext. and int. views. The haunted kirk at Alloway has many associations with Burns. Graveyard. Here his parents are buried. Headstone. - and here is the font where he was christened. Gvs same. This is the window through which Tam O' Shanter saw the witches. Gvs same. Sign 'To Burns Monument and Gardens'. Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonny Doon. Landscape, river, bridge. KILMARNOCK - the industrial centre of Ayrshire. Gvs town centre, ext Saxone Shoe Co. Ltd. Barclay, Glenfield Engineers. Factories. John Walker & Sons. Although essentially and industrial town, Kilmarnock has several fine buildings. Large Victorian buildings. The rugged beauty of the Carrick coast has a charm of its own. Sea splashing on rocks, couple walking along coast. From the sea, the cliffs are even more impressive. View from steamer of cliffs. Inland at Loch Doon, the scenery is reminiscent of the Highlands. Gvs scenery. Evening. Silhouette coastline, castle. The End. [Awards credits]

EVENING CRUISE.
Credits, title. Man looking at timetable. People boarding steamer. Sign 'Steamer for Troon, Ardrossan Largs, Rothesay, Kyles of Bute'. Ropes cast off, steamer departs. Tracking shot from steamer of harbour, coastline, woman's face, water. Silhouette coastline. The End.