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Title: SUMMER HOLIDAY AT MILLPORT JULY 1936

Reference number: 6791

Date: 1936, July

Director: ph. John Smith

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 10.33 mins

Description: Home movie footage of a typical family holiday on the Clyde Coast in the 1930s.

Shotlist: title - paddle steamers leaving, crowds at pier, beach scenes, gv's of the harbour. (0.59) Myra & Jack at Millport. Gv's of the children at the beach. Gv's of the seafront, shots of Mauchline's stall for cruises to Largs and children playing in the model boat pond. (2.33) paddle steamer leaving (2.38) Children singing and crowds watching at the Church of Scotland Seaside Mission. Shots of steamers from pier. Gv's of the family on the beach. (4.23) Sand Building Competition. Gv's of children building sand castles. (5.29) Fintry Bay, Millport, July 1936. Gvs of family out walking. (5.56) Jack & Myra enjoying a dip at Fintry Bay. children splashing in the water, family at the beach. (6.44) Some Holiday facts. Enjoying a puff. Parents smoking cigarettes and son having a quick puff. (7.14) Children in a rowing boat. (8.06) The Glen Rosa Steamer. Shots of paddle steamer. Family at a pier. Family returning from trip on a motor launch. (9.29) Family in crowd at outdoor dancing event/competition. Brief shot of the family seated at a dinner table. (10.10) Wemyss Bay. Shots of family and crowds in busy railway station - The End - Photography by John Smith (10.33)