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Title: OLD GOVAN FAIR 1984

Reference number: 7420

Date: 1984

Sound: silent

Original format: super 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 7.43 mins

Description: Amateur footage of the Govan Fair procession and magician Prince Rajah performs a levitation trick at Glasgow Airport.

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

shots from '1984 Old Govan Fair' brochure - THE PROCESSION - gvs of crowds on Govan Road on dark rainy day - procession come past, shots of majorettes, pipe band, floats, cheerleaders, Little Horrors float, majorettes, Salvation Army Band, various floats, Boys' Brigade - dark shots of more floats including Copeland primary School (5.23) MAGIC HANDS - gvs of Glasgow Airport and aircraft - ext shots of people on flat roof of building - magician David Haggarty, alias Magic Hands, performs trick where woman lies on plank supported by two chairs and appears to levitate when one chair is removed - Magic Hands repeats the trick with reporter Louise Batchelor (?) and a TV crew film the trick - THE END (7.43)