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Title: BORDERS LOCAL NEWSREELS NO. 2, NAVAL VESSELS

Reference number: 6192

Date: 1900 - 1903c

Director: [filmed by David Gaylor]

Production company: [ Border Kinematograph Co.]

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 0.34 mins

Description: Shots out to sea' of profile of naval vessel, probably a battleship, occasionally firing guns out to sea. Several other vessels pass by on "land side" of the first vessel, mostly naval, but including one two-masted steam yacht with one funnel [possibly Royal Yacht].

The Border Kinematograph Co. was established in Hawick by local jeweller David Gaylor c. 1899, operating until c. 1906 across the Borders towns. See research notes and contemporary press cuttings.

Shotlist: [no credits] Footage of a battleship of the 'Admiral' class at anchor. The Royal Yacht 'Osborne' passes on the near side, preceded by two escorting ships. The battleship fires a gun salute (0.38)