MARYHILL BARRACKS DEMOLITION
Full length video
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Title: MARYHILL BARRACKS DEMOLITION
Reference number: 8465
Date: 1961c
Production company: Templar Film Studios
Sound: mute
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: Non-Fiction
Running time: 3.04 mins
Description:
News footage of the deserted site of Maryhill Barracks in Glasgow at the start of the process of demolition, and shots of the architects' model for the new Wyndford Estate.
[Please note the viewing copy may display some visible defects such as flicker.]
Shotlist:
[shot-listed from mini DV - manual control track]
[no title] - shots of scale model of new Wyndford housing development on site of Maryhill Barracks, including tower blocks, low-rise flats and football pitches - int shots in council? office, architects and councillors? demonstrating and discussing Wyndford Estate model - shots of workers on barracks site with core drilling rig and gvs of barracks blocks - c/u of 'Highland Light Infantry' emblem painted on wall - gvs of barracks buildings - c/u shots of boarded-up windows and doors - gvs of barracks blocks, administration blocks, empty parade ground and church, newspapers blowing in wind - high shot showing Maryhill Central Station and barracks beyond - high pan across parade ground and buildings (2.16) shots of buildings being demolished by bulldozer and cable - gvs of partly demolished buildings - gvs of church and barrack blocks (3.04)