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Title: FERRY WAR ON THE CLYDE

Reference number: T2378

Date: 1981

Director: d. Don Cumming

Production company: Scottish Television

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 43.26 mins

Description: Footage of the ferries and shore facilities of Caledonian MacBrayne and Western Ferries on their Clyde routes, including Gourock and Dunoon piers, McInroy's Point and Hunter's Quay.

See also T2346

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Credits: d. Don Cumming
camera G. Coull

Shotlist: [shot-listed from .AVI files using Quicktime]

[Roll 1]
(0.00) blank (0.03) gvs of Caledonian MacBrayne ferry leaving Gourock (0.32) blank (0.45) gvs of Brougham Street, Greenock, shots of Western Ferries advert on bridge across road (1.15) blank (1.22) gvs of entrance to Western Ferries McInroy's Point terminal - shots of ferry leaving - gvs of car park and 'Enquiries' caravan - gvs of Western Ferries Hunter's Quay terminal at Dunoon, passengers in car park, cars queuing - shots of cars disembarking from ferry 'Sound of Scarba' then queue of cars boarding - gvs shore and terminal, 'Sound of Sanda' ferry - shots from ferry leaving Hunter's Quay, fishing boat passing, cars on board 'Sound of Shuna', 'Sound of Scarba' passing, Calmac ferry passing - gvs of ferry approaching slipway at McInroy's Point?, cars boarding - shots on board 'Sound of Sanda', gvs of cars, ship's pennants - shots approaching Hunter's Quay (5.12) blank (5.24) clapperboard shot on deck of ferry - shots of passengers on deck approaching Dunoon - shots of mast (6.18) blank (6.42) gvs of Gourock pier and CalMac ferry reversing to quayside, staff raising gangway, passengers disembarking - shots of CalMac terminal building - shots of cars driving on to ferry - gv Gourock pier from ferry - shots on board ferry, captain on bridge, shots leaving pier, gvs of radar mast and deck, other ferries passing - shots of cars boarding CalMac ferry, staff at work, Gourock pier as ferry departs - gvs on board ferry, other ferries passing at McInroy's Point (12.37) blank (12.47)

[Roll 2]
(0.00) blank (0.02) shots of Caledonian MacBrayne ferry 'Juno' coming in to dock at Dunoon pier, passengers disembarking down gangway - shots of cars boarding down ramp - shot of Western Ferries terminal sign - [blank / flash frames] - shots of 'Juno' reversing towards ramp at Gourock - gvs of Gourock terminal, queue of waiting cars (3.07) shots of submarine passing on Holy Loch with crew on deck - gvs Hunter's Quay terminal, 'Sound of Sanda' ferry departing - high gvs of Dunoon pier (5.17) shots from ferry approaching Dunoon pier - shots of passengers disembarking, car ramp lowering, passengers boarding, cars driving off - shots of cars approaching ferry along pier - gvs of car park - shot of ferry and naval vessel passing on firth, terminal at McInroy's Point - gvs of firth - shots of 'Sound of Shuna' ferry approaching McInroy's Point, cars disembarking and boarding - brief shots of Western Ferries employees (12.51) int shots in CalMac's terminal building at Gourock, employees answering telephone enquiries, completing ledgers for ticket bookings, c/u shot of fare leaflets - brief shot of passengers disembarking (17.28) blank (17.36) shots of 'Juno' docking at Dunoon - shot of Hunter's Quay terminal - shots of 'Juno' - shot on board 'Sound of Shuna' - shots of cars boarding and disembarking at McInroy's Point - shots of queue of cars at Hunter's Quay and preparations for disembarking - brief shot of ferry - various shots of passengers disembarking, cars on ferry, lorry disembarking, CalMac ferry on firth, shots on ferry approaching Hunter's Quay, ferries on firth, ferry approaching Gourock, sign at Gourock terminal, Juno reversing to ramp at Gourock, Western Ferries sign, cars disembarking (23.16) shot of cars, including two American, boarding 'Sound of Shuna' at McInroy's Point - various shots of CalMac staff at work on pier, passengers on ferry, Gourock pier, ferry reversing and departing, staff on board 'Sound of Shuna' and van and cars disembarking, 'Sound of Shuna' approaching pier, passing shots of Western ferries on firth, captain on bridge, shot approaching Dunoon pier, CalMac ferry leaving pier, 'Sound of Shuna' leaving pier in bad weather, shot approaching Dunoon pier, gv Brougham Street in Greenock, int office shot, 'Sound of Sanda' and cars on board, Dunoon pier, 'Sound of Scarba' reversing to pier, submarine and tug on Holy Loch, Western ferry on firth (30.30) blank (30.39)