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Title: AROUND INVERNESS

Reference number: 0931

Date: 1946

Director: [filmed by James S. Nairn and James Atterson]

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 16.09 mins

Description: Views of Inverness and surrounding countryside, including Culloden Moor, Ben Nevis and Loch Ness.

Credits: [A Nairatt production, Inverness
p. James S. Nairn
ph. James S. Nairn (in Kodachrome)]

Shotlist: Credits (.16); "Breathes there a man, with soul so dead, who never to himself has said, this is my own native land" (Scott) (.22); Panning shots across the River Ness to the town of Inverness (.45); View of the hills behind the town (.53); Shots of bridges over the river (.57); Shot of Inverness town centre street from the castle. (1.02); From the castle esplanade a statue of Flora McDonald looks down the Great Glen with its romantic lochs and Caledonian Canal. (1.08); Shot of the statue (1.14); Close-up of the inscription on the plinth (1.20); Shots of Inverness castle (1.30); Shots of the flower beds below the castle by the roadside (1.36); Shots of some cottages on the river bank (1.42); Loch Ness. Panning shot of part of Loch Ness (1.52); Loch Oich. Shots of same (2.02); Loch Lochy. Pan of the loch (2.13); Mighty Ben Nevis - "Bright gleams of gold and purple streak, ravine and precipice and peak" (Scott) (2.17); Shots of Ben Nevis (2.42); Loch Eil on the way to Glenfinnan. Shot of same (2.51); In a cottage such as this Bonnie Prince Charlie spent his first night in Scotland on his arrival from France (2.56); Shots of a stone cottage with a thatched roof (3.08); Glenfinnan - at the head of Loch Shiel stands a monument on the spot where the Prince raised his standard on 19 August 1745. Pan across Loch Shiel (3.31); Shots of the monument (3.49); Shots of a kilted man on horseback and various others (3.57); Loch Shiel - it was on this spot that Prince Charles Edward Stewart unfurled his banner 200 years ago. Shots of various speech makers, pipers and spectators at a ceremony on the banks of Loch Shiel by the monument (4.37); Lord James Murray wears the actual cockade worn by his ancestor Lord George Murray 200 years ago. Shots of Lord James Murray and others (5.08); Leaving Loch Shiel we retrace our steps through the Great Glen to ... (5.12); Panning shots of Highland scenery (5.30); ... ill-fated Culloden Moor where a cairn stands to commemorate the battle (5.36); Shots of a farmer harvesting his field and building haystacks (5.50); Several shots of the cairn, closing in to focus on the inscription, which reads "The Battle of Culloden was fought on this moor on April 16 1746. The graves of the gallant Highlanders who fought for Scotland and Prince Charlie are marked by the names of their clans". Shots of stones amongst the heather, each inscribed with the name of a clan (6.47); Within easy reach of Inverness is to be found some of the most romantic and rugged scenery in Scotland. General shots of the scenery, including waterfalls, woodland and moorland (7.34); The Falls of Rogie. Shots of the Falls (8.22); Kyle of Lochalsh conjures up memories of the misty isle. Shot of a small harbour (8.36); Lovely Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye dominated by the Black Cuillins. Shots of dark hills and narrow sea passages (8.53); The Falls of Kilmorak and the Gorgie. Shots of same (9.49); The old thatched cottages of Ardersier have a beauty of their own. Shots of the cottages and a few of their occupants (10.46); ... as the setting sun casts blood red rays o'er the waters of the Ness, we leave you with pleasant memories of a spectacular sunset (11.22); ecs (11.26)