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Title: CHILDREN'S ANNUAL SPORTS 1955, the

Reference number: 5833

Date: 1955

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.37 mins

Description: Annual sports day for Crawford's biscuit factory held at Wardieburn Social club on a very sunny day in 1955.

Crawford's Biscuit Factory Collection features Crawford biscuit factory in Edinburgh (closed 1950s / 1960s). As well as factory instructional films, the films feature the social activities of the staff.

Shotlist: Title. Gvs of crowds outside marquee (0.40) gathered crowds watch men on "slippery log" fight with stuffed pillowcases (2.00) girls run a relay (2.18) then three-legged race (2.43) young children race (4.16) gvs of stalls outside the marquee (4.35) boys then girls race egg and spoon race (5.20) adults run (obstacle?) race (5.38) women take shots at netball net (5.46) targets from ball toss game are shown, including figures of Hitler, an African warrior caricature and a blonde woman (5.55) shot of darts board target (6.11) gvs of women in marquee sign: "Home Made Sweets Come and Buy" (6.33) gvs of family groups outside marquee (7.16) women race (7.29) men race (8.01) girls run skipping race (8.09) boys run sack race (9.16) boys run obstacle race (9.52) gvs of spectators sitting on deck-chairs picnicking, children eat ice-cream (11.50) pan shot of crowds outside wall (12.03) man plays darts (12.15) men play football (12.30) children receive prizes (12.37)