FEATURETTE ON SEAWEED FARMING NEAR OBAN
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Title: FEATURETTE ON SEAWEED FARMING NEAR OBAN
Reference number: T2107
Date: 1970
Production company: STV
Sound: sound
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 3.00 mins
Description: A feature on Alginate Industries, a seaweed factory situated on the shores of Loch Creran in Barcaldine which removes the alginate from the seaweed to be used for various everyday goods. Sound continues after picture finishes.
Shotlist: Alec Melville to camera which then zooms in on bunch of seaweed he is holding (0.22) A fork lift truck lifts various sacks towards the camera where the destinations can be clearly seen (0.38) Melville and unidentified man stroll through the plant past the massive vats in which the seaweed is stored (1.07) Overhead view of the vats(1.17) Melville to camera (1.36) END OF PICTURE. Sound continues with Melville explaining the process and what alginate can be used for (2.01) Iv. with factory manager Peter McIntyre on the development of the company (2.44) Melville explains the importance of the industry (3.00). All trims (?).