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Title: NEWSPAPER /STEAM TRAIN /GHILLIE

Reference number: T1620

Date: [1965]

Director: d. Geoff Rimmer.

Production company: Scottish Television

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 22.44 mins

Description: Three separate reports: 1st report on the local Tillicoultry newspaper - founded in 1899 - the "Devon-Valley Tribune...." and an interview with Arthur Bett the owner and founders son. 2nd report on the steam train no.45363, interviews with driver and fireman. 3rd report being an interview with Sandy the ghillie of the late Sir James Wilson. See also ref. T0179

Credits: programme editor Henry Hay
film unit; Bill Scott, Len Southam, Alan MacKenzie, Harry Bridges, Sam Robson. film ed. Bill Robertson.

Shotlist: Bill Tennent working beside newspaper printing press (0.24) picks up the page he has just printed "Devon-Valley Tribune and Hillfoot's Observer" Tillicoultry's local newspaper (0.35) shot of Arthur Bett - reporter,compositor, advertising salesman, proof reader, editor and owner of the paper - working at the printing machines (1.08) Arthur hands B.T. a leaflet "Time Out With Tennent - A Here And Now Presentation" in the printing shop B.T. proceeds to Iv Arthur about the history of the paper, mentioning the explosion of Tillicoultry Quarry powder-house, and the paper's old nickname "The Bawbie Lee'er" (5.39) shot of Philip the apprentice working as a compositor (5.59) back to Arthur being interviewed (6.42) brief shot of compositor's letters (6.48) B.T. climbs on board steam train (6.59) B.T. Iv with Jack the driver driving in his engine, Jack shows B.T. the controls on the engine (12.21) Iv with Adam the fireman in the engine then B.T. proceeds to drive the train (14.30) train comes into yard (14.43) B.T. winding up this section of the report from the cab of engine no.45363 (14.58) B.T. introduces this section in the surroundings of a wood (15.14) shot of Sandy the ghillie of the late Sir James Wilson fishing beside a river (15.59) Iv with Sandy sitting by the river side (19.14) Sandy takes B.T. to a badger set(19.50) Iv with Sandy and his dogs (20.36) B.T. beside a stuffed Eagle Owl, used for attracting vermin - winding up the programme(21.38) Arthur Bett printing up the credits to the programme (22.18) shot of Sandy and B.T. walking along riverside with the dogs and the fishing rods (22.44).