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Title: FISHERMEN

Reference number: 9858

Date: 1946c

Production company: J.C. Elder Productions

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.54 mins

Description: Fishing boats sailing from Dunure in Ayrshire, with young boys being shown various jobs on deck by the crewmen [probably material for an educational programme about fishing].

Information on original film can label dates this as 17th September 1946.

Shotlist: [BW] [no title] - boys watch as old fisherman works on model of fishing boat BA69 'Dewy Rose' (0.31) gvs on deck of fishing boat, crewmen coiling ropes, boys sit at bow as boat departs - gvs at sea, another fishing boat passes - boys coiling ropes on deck - crewman demonstrates rope repair to boys (2.22) crewman puts on socks and wellington boots - crewmen prepare nets - c/u shot fixing net to rope - crewmen cast buoys with marker overboard - net ropes uncoil and net and floats go overboard - boat approaches marker (4.42) rope is fed into winch - c/u shots winch machinery - boys sitting at stern of boat (5.47) net being wound in towards stern of boat an pulled over side - c/u shots of fish in net - boys taken into wheelhouse of boat and allowed to turn wheel - gvs deck, ropes uncoiling, winch machinery, net at stern - c/u shot fish in net - gvs wheelhouse, compass (8.38) fishing boat BA103 Teresa approaches harbour at Dunure, ties up - boxes of fish being unloaded - gvs on deck of boat, rope coiling, approaching Dunure harbour - gv Dunure harbour and boats, fishermen working on nets ashore - net being pulled from cart into upstairs window of cottage - rocks at seashore - l/s Dunure and harbour (11.04) [COL] c/u model of BA69 Dewy Rose - crewman on fishing boat using long pole to manoeuvre - shots on deck of boat, crewmen and boys coiling ropes, boys looking over stern - BA103 approaches harbour - l/s Dunure and harbour (12.54)