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Title: DEE LAVENDER - INGASETTER LTD, BANCHORY

Reference number: 9958

Date: 1965c

Director: d. Andrew Inkster

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 7.29 mins

Description: Promotional film about the Dee Lavender farm and factory at Banchory and the company's products, including lavender oil, creams and lotions, perfume and insect repellent.

See also ref. 2641

Film shown to visiting tours at the Dee Lavender factory, made and narrated by the factory owner Andrew Inkster. Made after ref. 2641 as he wanted another version to promote his business.

Credits: nar. Andrew Inkster

Shotlist: gvs River Dee and landscape. Ingasetter Ltd. lavender farm at Banchory. Lavender being planted. Rotary cultivator getting rid of weeds. Women cutting and gathering lavender by hand. Ext and ints Dee Lavender factory. Lavender oil being run off into glass bottles. Chemical tests on oil after storage for a year. Blending of oil. Women bottling Dee Lavender. C/u range of other Ingasetter toiletry and medicinal products. Women applying hand and face creams. Women in factory packing creams. C/u 'Catriona' perfume. Man shaving with electric razor, using 'Blue Peter' shaving lotion. Technicians in lab. Angler at river applying 'Skeet-o-Stik' as midge repellent. Ext factory. Closing sequence.