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Title: FAMILY CAMEOS

Reference number: 9288

Date: 1952

Director: filmed by Dr. Iain Dunnachie

Sound: silent

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 6.56 mins

Description: An affectionate collection of family snapshots featuring the youngest members of the Dunnachie family: Robin, Averil and Margot.

Shotlist: FAMILY CAMEOS. BUILDING BEAKERS ROBIN AGE 15 MTHS Shot of man asleep on the couch, small boy (Robin) wakes him. The man opens up a tub of beakers and begins to build a tower with them, Robin knocks the tower over and man starts to re-build. Robin knocks them over again, man rebuilds and Robin does the same again. Man tries again and again but Robin does the same. Man gets more protective over tower and tries to stop Robin knocking them over. Man finally finishes building and Robin knocks it over again. Man tries to get Robin to lie on couch while he plays with beakers. Man quickly redoes tower and look pleased AVRIL DECORATES SHELLS JULY 1952 Shot of girl, Avril, colleting shells at the beach. Avril goes and sits on a rock, where a packet of paint has already been placed. Avril paints shells. GV of the sea. Shot of the 12 shells Avril has painted. MARGOT FEEDS THE HENS JULY 1952 Shot of young girl, Margot, carrying a bucket from the house, along the drive and through the gate. Shots of chicken, Margot walks with bucket and is followed by chickens. Margot drops the buckets and the chickens begin to eat from the bucket. Margot runs away. An older man and a baby in a pram (Robin?) can be seen in the background.… A FEW DAYS LATER… Shot of two girls, Avril and Margot, feeding chickens with a small bowl of feed. Girl thrown some food at the chicken’s then tip out the rest of the bowl. THE END PRODUCED BY IAIN DUNNACHIE