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Title: JAMES ALLAN & SON LTD, BOOTMAKERS

Reference number: 7698

Date: 1948

Director: filmed by Mr. Allan

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 6.41 mins

Description: Amateur footage of James Allan & Son shoe shops and staff in various locations around Scotland, and shots of shoes being made in the company's factory.

The Allan family had about a dozen shoe shops and a shoe factory trading under the name of James Allan and Son and Allan Brothers. See also refs {7696 and 7697}

Shotlist: [shotlisted from mini DV - manual control track]

RANDOM SHOTS 1948 - shot of side of van marked 'James Allan & Son Ltd., Bootmakers - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen & Hawick' with royal appointment emblem above - LEITH STREET - gvs of frontage of 'Allans for Shoes' shop in Edinburgh - int shots of shop and fitments, staff and customers (1.10) PRINCES STREET - gvs of frontage of James Allan shop in Princes Street - c/u shots of window displays and window-shoppers, boy looking at children's sandals - shot of male staff member - int gv of children's department - HEAD OFFICE - c/u shots of woman working in office - shot of frontage of 'Wauxwell for Shoes' shop, manager? standing outside shop - int shots of shop with rows of stacked shoeboxes and ladder access (2.57) GLASGOW - gv of frontage of James Allan & Son shop at 148 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow - dark shot of shop interior - HAWICK - Hawick street scenes, including Hawick News office - gv of frontage of John Rae shoe shop and window display - shot of manager? standing in doorway - MR. PATERSON RETIRES - shots of staff members inside shop, an armchair is unveiled, possibly a present for departing employee (4.18) FACTORY - ext shot of frontage of factory building - gvs of employees at work inside factory, cutting leather templates, women working at sewing machines, men working at belt-driven heavy machinery - shots of staff members coming into office, smiling to camera (6.41)