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Title: ALLOWAY AYR MIX VIEWS

Reference number: 10457

Date: 1950c

Director: filmed by Averil and Willie Murdoch

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 10.12 mins

Description: Amateur footage of the main sights and buildings in the centre of Ayr, and shots of Alloway.

Shotlist: [B&W] Shots of people walking near Burns’ Statue Square in Ayr and shots of the high street beyond. Shots of the Tam O’Shanter Inn and the Wallace Tower on the High Street. Shots of the Auld Kirk behind the High Street and shots of a sculpture of Robert the Bruce. Shots of a tower of Cromwell's Citadel. Shots of boats in the harbour. Shots of men having tea on a moored fishing boat. Shots of St John's Tower. (Ayr Academy) Shots of the Pavilion, the court house and shots of stepping stones over the river. Shots of men and a boy walking over the stepping stones. Shots of the river. Panning shots taken from a bridge over the river showing Ayr town. Shots of children near the river. Shots of the Brig of Doon and the Burns Memorial gardens. Extended shots of a man rethatching Burns’ Cottage. [COL] Shots of the Tam O’Shanter Inn. Shots of Ayr High Street and the Wallace Tower. Shots of the steamer Duchess of Hamilton. Shots of people on the Brig of Doon. Shots of Wellington Square. Shots of a house and large garden. gvs of the Dutch House at Monkton [note: burned down in later years].