PADDY BLACK MEMORIAL MISSION DISTRICT TRIP
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Title: PADDY BLACK MEMORIAL MISSION DISTRICT TRIP
Reference number: 1603
Date: 1922 / 1939*
Sound: silent
Original format: 35mm
Colour: bwcol
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 14 mins
Description:
The annual outing for local children organised by Paddy Black from the Mission building in Tradeston to Bellahouston Park.
Amateur film, incorporating earlier footage made as topical for a local cinema. Original 1922 film on 35mm never discovered. BW sequences taken from 1922 film, colour shot *1939. See also ref. 1662 for slightly different edited version of sequence from (0.55) to (1.47).
Donated by Paddy Black's daughter who was the wife of James S Nairn, cinema manager and film maker.
Preservation of this film supported by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Shotlist: Credits (.02); [Col.] Shot of the exterior of Paddy Black's Memorial Mission in West Street, Kingston, Glasgow (1.10); How it originated. In the year 1906 the late Superintendent, while holding meetings in the back courts of Glasgow, was so touched by the large numbers of poor children playing about those confined and unhealthy places, that he appealed to the parents to throw him money from their windows so that he could give their children a day in the country. The parents responded so well that he was enabled to take 250 children for a day's outing and so started the first Mission Trip (.45); The late Superintendent Paddy Black. [B/W] Close-up of Paddy Black smiling to the camera (.55); A scene taken from the 1922 trip when the number of children reached the staggering number of 2,500. [B/W] Shots of the street outside the Mission as the procession prepares to move off. General views of pedestrians. Shots of a pipe band, Mission banner leading the procession as it begins. Shots children on horse-drawn carts (1.47); Today it requires 100 lorries to transport the children to the park. [Col.] Procession of horse-drawn carts led by pipe band and banner (2.54); The bands which number 10 lead each section in the procession. [Col.] Long shot of procession and bands in Paisley Road West turning the corner into Bellahouston Park. Trams and buses in the background (4.05); Shots of children and their parents in the park. General views of people. [B/W] General views of people in the park in 1922 (5.04); The singing of the 23rd psalm precedes the entertainment in the bandstand which is entirely given by the Mission. [B/W] Shots of people singing (5.45); On the way, and in the bandstand, a collection is taken and usually local charities benefit to the extent of £25. [Col.] Long shots of crowds in park as collectors go around (6.35); [B/W] Shots of the bandstand. Youngsters display synchronised drill and gymnastics (7.00); Merry moments by Junior Guildry. [B/W] The display continued (7.36); [Col] Shots as girls perform maypole dance on stage [dark] (7.57); Grace is played by the Mission band before the milk and pastry is served out to the children. [Col.] Close-up of the bandsmen (8.12); Food is distributed (8.32); Some of the smiling faces that consumed 167 gallons of milk and 2,520 bags of pastry containing six cakes in each. [B/W] Close-up of toddlers (9.17); St Andrews Ambulance Red Cross Association render valuable assistance each year. [B/W] Shots of nurses grouped beside the Red Cross wagon and tent (9.37); [Col.] General views of people in park (9.45); [B/W] Shots of children dancing "The Grand Old Duke of York". (10.00); Bashful. Shots as a toddler tries to run off (10.14); Close-up of a group of youngsters (10.21); General views of the dancing (10.30); [Col.] Shots of girls dancing "The Grand Old Duke of York" in front of a water wagon? (11.00); Shots of races, group of boys (11.10); Members of the Mission's first band. [B/W] Shots of youths in bandsmen's uniforms (11.28); Shots as group of adults pose for the camera (11.38); The late Mr & Mrs Black, seated in centre of group. [B/W] Shot of close-up of the group. (11.52); Homeward bound. [B/W] Shots as band leads procession of carts out of park entrance (12.53); The End (12.54)