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Title: ARRAN FARMERS SOCIETY ANNUAL FAIR 1951

Reference number: 1290

Date: 1951

Sponsor: Caledonian Associated Cinemas

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 11.03 mins

Description: The Arran Farmers' Society Annual Fair held at Lamlash with shots of supplies being loaded from the steamer "Glen Sannox", horses and cattle in the paddock and the presentation of prizewinners' cups.

Probably the second of two reels made by the Playhouse Cinema in Arran.

Digitisation funded by British Film Institute 'Unlocking Film Heritage', awarding funds from the National Lottery.

Shotlist: [no title] Shots inside church hall with tea in progress (.16); Shots of men showing farm horses and cattle and views of the crowd (2.11); Shots from quay of "Glen Sannox" alongside (3.11); Steamer moves off and several shots of vessel in profile (3.58); Cattle show. Shots of calves (4.24); - Blank - (4.26); CAC presents. (4.35); Golfers on seaside links (4.55); Two cyclists and a van pass in front of a large house (5.37); Poster for Arran Farmers' Society Annual Fair at Lamlash, 8 August 1951 (5.37); Rear view of van 'Bannatyne Motors, Blackwaterfoot' and shots of landscape and shots of landscape (5.53); Rowing boat in bay. Loading of supplies from the quay onto deck of "Glen Sannox" (6.10); Shots of vessel at sea and approaching pier (6.35); Prize giving by ladies to other ladies, with shots of the audience and cup winners. Gvs children with animals (8.04); Children at ice-cream van, crowds, etc (8.50); Horses being paraded in paddock, presentation of cups to winners, shot of group of organisers and some of the winners (10.06); Cattle are loaded onto trucks. Shots of sheep (10.41); Group outside North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board tent (11.03)