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Title: ROAD CONSTRUCTION AROUND PRESTWICK AIRPORT

Reference number: 8595

Date: 1963c

Production company: [ Templar Film Studios]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 3.25 mins

Description: News footage of the construction of the A77 by-pass around Prestwick and extension of the runway at Prestwick Airport.

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

[no title] - shot of Prestwick Airport runway with traffic crossing on Prestwick-Monkton road - shots of runway extension under construction - shots of workmen and concrete pouring machine, workers levelling runway surface - more shots of concrete being poured and runway construction (1.03) c/u of Scottish Tourist Board 'Welcome to Scotland' sign at airport terminal buildings - gvs of BOAC aircraft taking off - l/s of Orangefield House with airport control tower and construction activity around - shot of aircraft landing (1.55) gvs of construction of road bridge over railway line, watched by party of onlookers - girders being hoisted into position - shot of road and onlookers walking along embankment - shot of road surface being laid - shots of A719 and B742 road junction on route of Prestwick by-pass - c/u shot of old milestone - gvs of Adamton House with construction machinery in foreground - shot of sign 'Beware of children playing' - shots of earthmoving machinery and onlookers leaving construction site (3.25)