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Title: ISLE OF ARRAN

Reference number: 4667

Date: 1946*

Director: [filmed by David Sime]

Sponsor: The Scottish Countryside Club

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 8.47 mins

Description: A brief tour around Arran.

David Sime was a pharmacist, photographer and President of the Scottish Countryside Club, which promoted the enjoyment of nature and the outdoors, hillwalking and rambling, as well as holding social events such as an annual concert and garden parties, with much hilarity in evidence. The club travelled all over Scotland, but many walks were held near to the central belt, with outings to locations such as the Trossachs and Loch Lomond proving popular. Mr Sime’s films depicted traditional industries such as farming and fishing, as well as scenic landscapes and walks. Many of these landscapes remain unchanged, but the style and the gear of the walkers is very different to the equipment of today’s adventurers.

Credits: The Scottish Countryside Club presents

Shotlist: The Scottish Countryside Club presents The Isle Of Arran (0.13) gv over Brodick Bay looking toward Goat Fell (0.30) ext. youth hostel, boys and girls chat outside (1.11) shot of two hikers walking down country road (1.32) Glen Rosa (1.37) gvs landscape and mountains at Glen Rosa (3.06) Corrie brief shot of row of houses and small pier at Corrie (3.35) Loch Ranza shot over the bay at Loch Ranza, castle in view (3.55) mountains and rocky shore (4.39) Catacol and the Twelve Apostles m/s row of houses, cyclists pass by; l/s over landscape (5.44) Blackwaterfoot and King's Caves brief m/s of bridge and houses cuts to shot of King's Caves (7.04) a misty day on Caisteal Abhail hillwalkers ascending said mountain (8.43) The End (8.47)