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Title: ROSEHEARTY THEN AND NOW

Reference number: 8694

Date: 1989

Director: filmed by Joe Scoular

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 38.03 mins

Description: The children of Rosehearty Primary School join with older members of the village to record memories of the village in the early half of the century, illustrated by a varied montage of photographs. Includes views of nearby Pitsligo castle when emergency repairs were undertaken to secure the structure of the building. Topics covered include Rosehearty at War, Fishing, School Days, Shops and the Church in the community, Lord Pitsligo.

Credits: For their help in making and presenting the script,
Mrs A Murray, Miss J.D. Ritchie, Miss A. Ritchie, Mrs M Smith, Mrs E. Leel, Mrs. M. Downie, Mrs. E. Downie, Mrs Watt, Mr J. Smith and Mr A. Leel
m. Mrs Logan, Mr Milne and Mr Thrall
ed. and dubbing Joe Scoular

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black (0.13) Rosehearty Then and Now (0.34) aerial shots of Rosehearty (1.36) ls crocodile of schoolchildren walk along street into school (3.11) c/u old photographs of Rosehearty intercut with modern views [child recites poem in Doric] (5.35) c/u old photographs of churches (5.58) ints. church (6.43) c/u old photographs of churches (7.14) c/u photographs of past ministers and churchgoers in Sunday best (8.01) c/u photo of an empty street [v/o speaks about the Sabbath] (8.18) exts. Cliff View Hotel (8.31) exts. Rosehearty School; c/u old photographs of school and classes in groups and sports teams (10.30) ints. schoolchildren sing "Will Your Anchor Hold" (11.13) gv's children working at various activities at tables; group of children hold up artefacts from school's past (13.07) gv's school sports day (13.25) c/u photographs of old Rosehearty shops and businesses (14.16) c/u photographs of early 20th C transportation and street lighting (14.47) c/u montage of early 20th C photographs of Rosehearty people [v/o speaks about local wedding traditions] (16.43) ints. reconstructed cottage room (17.22) c/u group photographs of football teams; visitors to Rosehearty (17.51) c/u's photographs of harbour and fishing boats operating out of Rosehearty; herring trade (20.34) c/u photographs of men and women working to prepare and pack cured salt herring (21.50) c/u photographs of harbour and fish curers (22.10) gv's reconstructed rooms in Fraserburgh? museum (23.35) gv's children play violins next to the harbour on a sunny day (24.31) c/u photographs of the capsized Dutch drifter Noordpool and burials of lost fishermen (26.07) c/u plaque commemorating the wreck (26.23) c/u personal photographs from Second World War period, commemorative plaques and memorials [v/o speaks about the effect of WWII on Rosehearty] (29.10) ms boy speaks about a visit to Pitsligo castle (29.30) ints. assembly hall; children act scenes of Alexander Forbes' escape [poor sound] (34.16) gv's Pitsligo castle and workmen undertaking emergency repairs [in v/o, boy reports on interviews with workmen about the job] (35.29) ls three boys sing in Doric, as a man strums a guitar, near Rosehearty harbour on a sunny day (36.24) We would like to thanks the staff of Rosehearty School for their help and perseverance in the making of this film. Without it, and particularly that of Mrs McLeman, its production may not have been possible. We would also like to thank the people of Rosehearty for their assistance in many different ways. (37.16) To everyone who gave us access to photographs, plaques, plates, etc. or helped in any other way. To the pupils, for whom this film was really made, for their enormous support and enthusiastic involvement, I extend my deepest appreciation. (37.43) Skerry Video Productions (38.03)