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Title: FIRST REELS INTERVIEW: Tale of the Persistent Poacher

Reference number: 16638

Date: 1993

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 30.00 minsc

Description: Producer Gavin Turnbull, and lighting/cameraman Andy McLeod, speaking about their film TALE OF THE PERSISTENT POACHER, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television First Reels scheme. This is the raw footage from the interview in the pub.

Credits: [p. Gavin Turnbull
lighting and camera Andy McLeod]

Shotlist: Producer Gavin Turnbull, and lighting/cameraman Andy McLeod, speaking about their film TALE OF THE PERSISTENT POACHER, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television First Reels scheme. This is the raw footage from the interview in the pub.

Discusses:- story of a salmon poacher, Keith Hall, who makes a living out of catching salmon illegally on the River Tweed. Keith and his battle with the law, the landowners etc. Speaks about how they actually went out poaching with Keith as part of the filming process - and the dangers they faced. Filming process was long and whenever they could find the time.