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Title: CRUISING IN SCOTTISH WATERS

Reference number: 7252

Date: 1953*

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 19.59 mins

Description: A home movie travelogue of a family trip on the ferry 'Lady Killarney' from Ardrossan up the west coast of Scotland to Sutherland and out to the Hebrides.

Shotlist: [shot-listed from DV, manual control track]

Agnes Smith Presents - title - (0.12) pan up map showing route of cruise on west coast of Scotland - “Cruise of the Lady Killarney”, Ardrossan, Lamlash, Oban, Ballachulish, Iona, Staffa, Tobermory, Kyle of Lochalsh, Portree, Lochinver, Stornoway, Tarbert (1.13) gvs of Lady Killarney approaching quay (1.57) passengers on deck looking over side (2.04) LAMLASH (Arran) Afternoon tea at LAGG HOTEL - wide shot hotel garden, customers having tea at tables under parasols (2.19) shot of hotel and buses (2.26) gvs of mountains, loch and other vessels from deck of ferry (3.06) shots of woman and girl playing hoops on deck - group of men talking (3.26) BALLACHULISH Landing at ONICH for tours to FORT WILLIAM or GLENCOE - shot of passengers disembarking from rowing boats at side of loch - roadside with two MacBraynes coaches parked (3.54) shots of people at lochside (4.10) TOBERMORY BAY Fete at Glengorm Castle and Boats in readiness for Spanish Armada treasure ship hunt - wide shot Tobermory (4.29) - shot of Glengorm Castle - group of ladies chatting (4.50) children country dancing - groups outside castle (5.02) high shots of coastline and landscape from castle (5.27) shot through trees of vessels in harbour (5.34) shots of coastline, lighthouse from deck of ferry (6.15) passengers at prow - women playing deck game with sticks and puck (6.43) shot of coastline - c/u building sign MacBraynes Tarbert Harris - ls of ship - gvs shore and village - sunset over hills (7.23) lighthouse on headland (7.29) STORNOWAY - shot of quayside as Lady Killarney approaches - fishing boats in harbour (7.54) underexposed shots of black house and loom working inside (8.16) group of men at roadside - gv coastline - women raking hay outside a croft, one carrying huge bale across road (8.45) gvs landscape, coast (9.02) LOCH INVER (Sutherland) With its famous Salmon Pools - gvs of coastline from ferry - ls of harbour -- cottage garden with sheep - tourists walking along country road and across old bridge over River Inver - couple walking along path (9.54) shot of river - shot of bay - tourists at riverbank, angler in water - angler and woman standing on weir - heather at riverbank (10.44) c/u RAC signs Culag Pier and Culag Hotel - gvs village and ferry on loch - gvs of Lochinver and Suilven - sunset shots (11.16) c/u shot of original map showing Tarbert, Stornoway and Lochinver, panning down to show route of return journey to Ardrossan (12.23) CAPTAIN J.B. WRIGHT of the "Lady Killarney" - shot of captain smiling on deck (12.38) PORTREE (Skye) Viewing the Cuillins from SLIGACHAN - gvs of Portree from ferry (13.16) wide shot Cuillins - men looking through binoculars - gvs hills, river (13.48) passengers on deck of ferry - shots of village and small ferry - gvs Kyle of Lochalsh from ferry - shot of women on deck (14.20) c/u sign on building 'Kyle of Lochalsh' (14.25) KYLEAKIN Kyle Cricket Club versus passnegers from teh "Lady Killarney" play for the cup. Win for passengers - gvs of cricket game by loch-side (15.06) The CUILLINS from LOCH SCAVAIG - pan along outline of Cuillins - shot of passengers on side decks - more gvs of hills from ferry - shots of passengers on deck (16.28) shots of ferry passing (16.49) OBAN Cruise by MacBrayne's Steamer KING GEORGE V - wide shot Oban - steamer at pier, sign for tour to Iona, Staffa and Tobermory - gvs seashore, small tour boats and steamer - gvs Iona Abbey, bell ringing, St. John's cross, c/u seagull (18.15) gvs Staffa from ferry - c/u shots of rock columns - wide shot steamer - tourists on Staffa (18.49) GULF OF CORREVRECKAN - shot of Corrievreckan whirlpool - In ARDUAINE ESTATE AT LOCH MELFORT - group posing for camera in woodlands and walking in garden (19.33) shot from stern of ship - shots of sunset over hills (19.59)