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Title: EVENTS OF 1939 REVIEWED

Reference number: 4635

Date: 1938 - 1950*

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 58.01 mins

Description: A comprehensive record of public events in the royal burgh of Auchtermuchty.

Please note the transfer of this film to tape was done as colour [as there are frequent changes between BW and COLOUR], hence there are some residual tints on black and white sections.

Shotlist: [b&w] tracking shot from car along quiet streets of Auchtermuchty (0.19) montage of shots showing streets and lanes of Auchtermuchty (0.54) title (0.59) Auchtermuchty Bowling Green medium shot members of bowling club lined up for photographs at the bowling green (1.31) [col] elevated shot bowling match in progress (1.52) [b&w] gvs same (2.43) brief shot river flowing (2.50) Memorable Dates 10th May 1938 gvs ministers in their gowns (academic gowns?) enter church and gvs as they exit church and assemble, along with various other dignitaries (4.47) shot of man dressed in smart suit standing talking to blacksmith (4.50) FIFTH SEPT. 1938 gvs wedding party (the groom a Church of Scotland minister?) leaving church, stopping for photographs and walking past (5.17) shot down main street of church and of wedding cars passing in front (5.24) exts Mathers Hotel, the bride and groom, now dressed in 'going away' clothes, leave, as guests shower them with confetti (5.38) LOCAL EVENTS OF 1939 ; AN OLD EYESORE GOES AT LAST c/u still photograph of crossroads and bridge (5.57) gvs workmen breaking up bridge using drills and hammers, gvs as they break up road and start to resurface (7.33) the new road is strengthened with metal beams fixed with rivets (7.48) and cement is put in place (8.52) a concrete wall is positioned (8.59) tarmac is laid and steam rolled smoothly into place (9.38) shot of the new road junction (9.49) GIRL GUIDES RALLY AT LOCHIEHEADS [col] an assembly of people and speeches (some sort of opening ceremony?) (10.17) Brownies sit in their 'packs' on lawn, playing with plasticine (10.30) they dance (10.43) [b&w] gvs practical first aid exercises, including bandaging and how to rescue people from river (11.26) gvs outdoor cooking on camp fire (11.41) a girl demonstrates how to bandage an arm in a sling (11.50) a girl guide learns how to care for a baby by bathing and dressing a doll (12.24) SCHOOL SPORTS gvs same, including sack races, relay (13.24) prizewinners cup is awarded by headmaster (13.33) wheelbarrow, three legged and skipping races, 'dads' race, sack race (13.34) [col, 1962*] a little boy (dressed up in flowers from top to toe) announces on a placard 'Auchtermuchty Flower Show' (14.42) children parade past, dressed in agricultural costume (milkmaids etc) (15.02) shot of men holding up beautiful floral display (15.07) AND HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? various ornamental gardens shown, c/u flowers, including a house called 'Glen Gate' (17.05) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GARDEN PARTY gvs same, including pipe band, guests dressed in their finery (18.03) [b&w] exts John White & Son works ; demolition work shown, as workmen dismantle stonework from arch (18.37) [blank] (18.49) gvs demolition work, as roof, walls and whole building brought down (22.06) rebuilding work begins, gvs bricklaying (23.44) new roof is assembled (26.46) walls are roughcast (27.03) gvs excavation work, including gvs earth moving machinery (28.25) [1946*] THE ROARIN' GAME gvs outdoor curling match, includes shots of policeman and soldier playing the game (28.58) DEMONSTRATION OF A.R.P. SERVICES very brief shot man in uniform (29.31) exts building with sandbags propping exterior wall (29.36) ints office, woman answers telephone, noting code 'red' message (29.55) c/u 'siren' button (30.11) gvs demonstration of procedures in event of gas attack, including sweeping streets with water, organising traffic, wearing gas masks, first aid and policing procedures etc (33.05) four young girls stand (girl guides?) (33.13) A RECRUIT small boy pretends to help carry out A.R.P. duties (33.59) [col] group of people walking along country road (34.17) gvs men felling trees (35.54) the logs are transported by truck on hillside (36.52) MORE A.R.P. EXERCISES 1941 [b&w] gvs A.R.P. procedures in town streets (38.01) AN INCENDIARY BOMB AND HOW TO TACKLE IT demonstration of same in controlled conditions in field (38.36) c/u Auchermuchty War Weapons Week souvenir programme (39.14) gvs A.R.P. vs Home Guard football match (40.09) Sat. 7th June 1941, Grand Opening Parade, Inaugral Ceremony at the Cross featuring Boy Scouts, Girl Guides (40.30) [col] nurses, home guard, firemen, policemen, Brownies (41.30) c/u sheet for money raised during Auchtermuchty War Weapons Week (41.47) gvs Church Parade on Sunday 8th June 1941, by the Town Council, Military Units, Civil Defence Services etc (43.08) c/u church order of service (43.15) Monday 9th June, Display of Fire Fighting by Cupar Area Fire Brigade, demonstration by R.A.M.C. on the Town Green (44.44) c/u sheet for money raised during Auchtermuchty War Weapons Week (44.58) c/u sheet 'Tuesday 10th June School concert and exhibition of students work' (45.03) c/u sheet for money raised during Auchtermuchty War Weapons Week (45.15) 'Wednesday 11th June Fancy Dress Competition and Parade at the Cross' (45.20) [col] gvs same (46.02) c/u sheet for money raised during Auchtermuchty War Weapons Week (46.11) [sepia] shot of pipe band marching before children as they arrive at field for sports day (47.04) [b&w] gvs races (47.13) [sepia] gvs races (47.48) [b&w] sack race (48.22) [col] A.B.C. 1890 - 1940 shot of busy bowling club (48.45) [sepia, very overexposed] men playing bowls (49.01) [b&w] gvs men playing bowls (49.11) [sepia] gvs bowling match (49.31) c/u sheet for money raised during Auchtermuchty War Weapons Week (49.48) [sepia] gvs Saturday 14th June Football Match Polish Team vs Royal Artillery (50.33) [col] children's parade, honouring the British War effort (52.00) [b&w] THE PROVOST ANNOUNCES THE RESULT £25,098 - 13 - 2 gvs speech and prizes handed out to children (53.09) [col] marching bands and colourful parades end the celebrations for War Weapons Week (56.00) [b&w] gvs streets bedecked with Union Jack flags and crowds as King George VI & Queen Elizabeth drive through the town (57.00) COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE AT AUCHTERMUCHTY gvs wreckage of truck and collapsed bridge (58.01)