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Title: HOLIDAY IN GATEHOUSE AT FLEET AT KIRKCUDBRIGHT

Reference number: 9562

Date: 1967

Director: filmed by Don Morris

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 20.09 mins

Description: Amateur footage of a family caravan holiday near Gatehouse-of-Fleet, including visits to Kirkcudbright and Castle Douglas.

For other films in this collection please see refs. 9557, 9558, 9559, 9560, 9563

Shotlist: [no title] - tracking shots from car crossing Forth Road Bridge, passing along South Bridge, Edinburgh, into Peeblesshire, heading towards Moffat - shots of family Mini parked at road-side, boys collecting water from spout - tracking shots through Gatehouse of Fleet and arriving at Auchenlarie Holiday Park caravan site - family get out of car beside caravan - gvs caravan park, cliffs, shore - boys on beach with buckets and spades, playing in rock-pools - mother climbing over rocks (3.18) gvs pipe band marching and playing at caravan site, mother and boy amongst watching crowds - man collecting money - display of Highland dancing - tug-of-war competition - pipe band playing - children's tug-of-war - sailor's hornpipe and Highland dancing (7.07) Kirkcudbright town sign - mother and boys on main street, Kirkcudbright, gvs streets and houses, bridge over River Dee, harbour and river - gvs family on shore and at harbour, at outdoor draughts game, sitting on jetty (9.14) gvs sea and distant headland from caravan site - boy whittling wood outside caravan - gvs inside caravan - boy playing with toy yacht, mother washing up (10.11) tracking shots from car along road approaching Castle Douglas - gvs of family in gardens of house 'Buckwoods' - approaching garden gate to house 'Inverleith', family walking past - pan along street to house (11.40) boy at river-bank showing fish on line - gvs at beach on sunny day, boys paddling, father swimming, mother sunbathing - boys climbing down rocks at shore and playing in rock pools (14.52) family visiting Cardoness Castle, walled garden - high views from tower (15.34) tracking shot from car approaching Gatehouse of Fleet - gvs town, church and river, family on bridge - boys come out of shop with ice lollies - gv main street - c/u 'Gate House' sign, family having milk shakes outside Gatehouse cafe (16.36) boys climbing rocks at shore [some speeded up] and fishing - father climbing rocks (18.22) shot of Mini leaving caravan park - tracking shots from car along road, A701 turn-off to Moffat - boy drinking from water-fountain in street beside ram statue - c/u statue inscription - c/u father having hot drink in street - tracking shots from car through countryside - gvs boys at Devil's Beef Tub near Moffat (20.09)