ERSKINE FERRY
Full length video
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Title: ERSKINE FERRY
Reference number: 4511
Date: 1970
Director: filmed by Mr Tom Urie
Sound: sound
Original format: std. 8mm
Colour: bwcol
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 6.00 mins
Description:
Journey on the Erskine car ferry. General views of the cars driving on and off the ferry and of the engine room. In the opening shot the Erskine bridge can be seen under construction.
Once the Erskine Bridge was open the ferry service ceased.
Shotlist: [Col] Gv of the Erskine bridge under construction. Ferry arriving at the ro-ro slip way. Cars driving off the ferry. Ferry moving away from the slip. Gv of the ferry taken from onboard. View of the ferry docking at the slip taken from onboard. Cars driving off the ferry. Men guiding the cars on the ferry. Some children can be seen on the slip. A long queue of traffic is waiting to board the ferry. Man selling tickets to the car owners. Shot of the Captain. [B/W] Gv of the engine mechanism. [Col] Ferry docking at the slip way and cars driving off. The End (6.00)