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Title: TRAWLING

Reference number: 9128

Date: 1961*

Sound: silent

Original format: 9.5mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.36 mins

Description: Footage of a trawler setting out from Aberdeen, at work at sea and returning to harbour with its catch.

Possibly filmed on board A.518 'Grampian Glen'

Shotlist: gvs Aberdeen harbour, fishing boats coming in and out, including A.203, A.629, A.518 Grampian Glen, Japanese cargo ship, steam trawlers - shots of crewman on board Grampian Glen? (1.45) gvs at sea on board trawler, crew members preparing to push net and floats over side - shots of net being pulled behind boat - crew member at winch - skipper in wheelhouse - shots of boards being lowered over side - shots of crewmen operating winches, cable being pulled in - gvs over side (4.51) brief int shot of engine - shots of crew members on deck, winches at work - full net appears on surface alongside - shots of crew pulling net on board, wide and c/u - net is winched over side - contents of net emptied on deck, gulls fly around boat - shots of net and floats being thrown back overboard, boards lowered - shots of net being dragged behind boat - skipper in wheelhouse, crewmen at winch (8.21) shots of crewmen working in semi-darkness, net winched on board, catch emptied on deck - crew members gutting catch in daylight - shots from wheelhouse in stormy sea, waves crashing against bow - gvs of sea from deck (11.10) shots back at harbour, baskets of fish being winched on to quayside - gvs fish market sheds, fish on display - man inspects skate - gvs fish boxes on display (12.02) gv from railway carriage going over Forth rail bridge - gvs fishing boats at sea (12.36)