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Title: BROWNIE STEPPING STONES

Reference number: 8691

Date: 1953

Director: filmed by Don McLachlan

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.46 mins

Description: Brownies from the 227th pack in Glasgow perform the various stages of a ceremony in a park.

One of three films made about the 227th Brownie pack from Pollokshields, Glasgow. See also refs. 8690 and 8692.

Entered for Scottish Amateur Film Festival 1955. Donor note: shown on Blue Peter, BBC TV show.

Don McLachlan was a keen amateur cameraman who began filming in 1935, firstly on 16mm reversal, then later on video. An engineer, keen sailor and family man, he recorded many aspects of his life, but rarely his working life. He died in December 2003.

Shotlist: SAFF 1955 A Prize Winning Film - title - shots of Brownie stools, emblems and trophies laid out on grass - leaders come to head of circle on grass and Brownies appear and form a circle, sing a song and dance in circles - shots of Brownies taking promise and sitting on stools - leader takes attendance register - Brownies dance and form circle around leader - leader lays out stepping stones on grass and Brownie steps on 'Health' card - shots of Brownies learning 'Daily Health Rules', doing first aid practice (5.03) foot steps forward to 'Knots' - shots of group of Brownies practising tying knots - foot steps forward to 'Flags' - group of Brownies learning about flags of Great Britain (7.05) foot steps forward to 'Nature' - Brownie collecting dandelions in bag, group of Brownies drawing leaves - foot steps forward to 'Ball Throwing and Catching', 'Skipping', 'Hoop or Hopping' - gvs of Brownies playing ball, skipping and hoop games (9.31) foot steps forward to 'Hemming or Darning' and 'Sewing on Buttons' - shots of group of Brownies practising sewing - foot steps forward to 'Laying Table' - shots of Brownie setting a miniature table and inviting guests to tea - foot steps forward to 'Road Sense' - shots of car stopping suddenly on road, boy retrieves ball from in front of it - Brownies and leader watch from pavement - they walk on along Nithsdale Road and wave to a friend across the road - one Brownie starts to run across the road without looking - leader shows them how to look left, right then left again, and they cross the road - shots of some of group boarding a no.3 tram, then getting off again (12.19) shots of Brownie pack in park, girl completes the 'stepping stones' and is awarded her badge by the leader - THE END (12.46)