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Title: EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS FROM EDINBURGH SCHOOLS IN GATEWAY THEATRE

Reference number: T2195

Date: 1971

Production company: STV

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.43 mins

Description: A look at an exhibition of the 58 works which form part of a collection that has been built up by Edinburgh Corporation Education Department and can usually be seen scattered around various schools.

Obituary of Jack Firth, Edinburgh Corporation's Art Adviser who features in this piece can be found at at http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-jack-firth-rsw-artist-and-teacher-1-826274 [last accessed 21/12/2016]

Shotlist: Reporter to camera (0.12) Groups of pupils examine the paintings (0.45) Edinburgh Corporation's Art Adviser, Mr Jack Firth, chats with two boys (0.52) One of the artists, George Devlin stands reading (0.57) i/v with Jack Firth on the collection (1.55) George Devlin explaining his painting [featuring Ophelia] to a group of pupils (3.13) i/v with Jack Firth continues (3.35) Three of the paintings are scrutinised by pupils and Jack Firth defends his choice (6.20) Reporter to camera (6.37) Vox pops on the paintings intercut with shots of some of the paintings (7.10) i/v with Jack Firth continues intercut with shots of the paintings, he talks about the criteria used for purchasing works of art (8.41) i/v with a schoolgirl on the collection (9.07) i/v with Firth continues (9.43)