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Title: RIVER CLYDE

Reference number: 3940

Date: 1938c

Sponsor: [ Educational Films of Scotland (?)]

Production company: [ Thames and Clyde Film Co. (?)]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.03 mins

Description: In general, this film follows the course of the river Clyde from near its source to its firth, illustrating the salient industries of the land it passes on its way. [More specifically, it probably is an incomplete version of a two part EFS film entitled "River Clyde"].

[Please note the viewing copy may display some visible defects such as flicker.]

Shotlist: brief gvs sheep in field (0.12) brief shot of signpost saying "to the falls" (of Clyde, near Lanark?), m/s of a small mining village build around the mining site - bings and miners row are included in shot, brief c/u of houses (an owner stands at the door of one of them) (1.01) Near Lanark. Brief shot men working in field with spades, harvesting with a horse-drawn contraption, making stooks (2.28) shot of man picking apples in an orchard (3.06) int. of glasshouse where tomatoes are growing (3.16) shots of small river (Clyde valley?) followed by shots of pipeline (3.48) very brief shot of building (Clyde valley power station?) (3.51) gvs over New Lanark followed by brief shot people leaving a mill (at New Lanark?) (4.04) gvs (Clyde valley?) and landscape (4.15) In the coal country. Shots of miners - at work, leaving work - clearly showing their dress and equipment for the job (some pose for the camera) (5.00) gvs at a brick works - people load small rail carts up with bricks (5.30) gvs at large steel works (6.04) Part II At Glasgow street scene taken from bridge crossing the Clyde at Carlton Place, showing trams and traffic (6.15) another Glasgow street scan showing man writing with chalk on pavement (6.23) shot of another busy Glasgow street, possibly Union Street, showing traffic, pedestrians, trams and Boots shop facade is just visible (6.29) gvs George Square, Glasgow - City Chambers building is draped in banners, traffic and pedestrians are also visible (6.44) m/s Glasgow University main building (6.53) shot of Union Street with a c/u of (Netherlee via Cathcart) tram and (Larkfield Garage) bus (6.59) m/s of George V bridge (cigarette billboard advertisements visible), camera then turns and pans along the Clyde docklands, with large steam ships in view (7.23) shot of small passenger ferries crossing the Clyde with Co-op building in background (7.39) Brief shot of crane unloading goods from a steam ship at docklands (7.54) brief ext. Harland and Wolff engine works, followed by int. of this factory, showing the men at work (8.49) tracking shot along the Clyde docklands, showing ships including cargo ship Idomeneus, shipyards (including Yarrow), m/s ship building (10.22) shot of Hopper Barge (No.24) at work on Clyde (10.30) l/s industrial scenery of the Clyde as it enters the firth (10.39) Dumbarton Castle tracking shot along the Clyde showing Dumbarton rock and castle (m/s and c/u) (11.24) tracking m/s and c/u of paddle steamers and steam ships on Clyde firth (12.03)