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Title: WOMEN’S GUILD, ST. JOHN’S ARDROSSAN

Reference number: 9640

Date: 1960c

Director: filmed by Christina McCallum

Sound: silent

Original format: std.8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 4.57 mins

Description: Amateur footage of Women's Guild activities in Ardrossan, including a wedding reception, a party and singing groups.

Shotlist: [no title] - brief shot of women gathered in garden - dark int shots of bride and groom cutting wedding cake - fast panning shots across groups of ladies sitting inside hall, bride chatting at table (0.52) gvs women boarding coaches on street - shots of women seated in coach before journey - women pose in group for camera - more women board coaches (2.11) int shots in hall, guild members sitting at table with party hats on, having a sing-song, drinking tea and Hall's Wine - women sitting at tables and benches in garden having tea and refreshments, minister sitting at table (3.51) dark int shots in hall, sign 'The Reformers', group of women on stage dressed in period costume - sign 'Woman's Guild Darkie Minstrels', group of women on stage dressed as black and white minstrels, playing toy guitars and singing (4.57)