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Title: FRANCES AND RICHARD ROMANCE

Reference number: 8340

Date: 1937* / 1938*

Director: [filmed by Arthur E.S. Irvine]

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 16.48 mins

Description: Amateur footage of Irvine family events, including shots of Drum Castle and a passing out parade at Sandhurst, which is edited within the framework of a light-hearted romantic story.

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(0.00) blank (0.10) gvs of cows in field - shots of Frances Irvine in wood, walking and starting to feel faint - Richard Irvine arrives to help, carries her back to her nearby house and knocks on the door - a maid answers and helps Frances in - shots of Richard shooting at birds in garden - Frances sits on a chair in her garden, Richard visits and brings her some books, sits down to chat - they go for a walk in the countryside, pass through a stile - Frances posts some letters in a post box - Frances and Richard practise their golf swings in the garden, then come out of the house and get into a car (2.59) they relax beside Loch Lomond and Richard presents her with a ring - they kiss and depart - panning shots along loch - they return by car to the house and meet Richard's parents (4.21) dark int shots in house as Richard shows Frances portraits of his ancestors - shots in the gardens of Drum Castle, man in plus fours feeding his dog - gvs of castle, gardens, pond, chapel - high shots of surrounding area from tower of castle (6.21) int shots in house, Richard playing piano and Frances stroking cat - they go for a walk outside, then return to the house, meet two women and Arthur Irvine - the women get into their car and leave - Richard and Frances arrive at a house and meet a group of people - they play on the lawn with a dog - gvs of the Irvines and others outside the door of the house (9.05) Richard and Frances walk past a property for sale - gvs of Richard and Frances in different locations, including Courtfield Gardens in London - gvs of railway station, possibly Victoria in London - suburban street scene with snow, woman walks out of house and past camera - gvs of church and gardens in snow - shots of Frances and other women coming out of terraced house and walking down street (10.26) gvs of sheep and lambs in field - shot of Arthur Irvine in garden - shots of school fete / garden party - gvs of gardens with church in background (11.41) shots of Irvines playing with a ball on beach - shots of Frances and Richard wading into water and others paddling - shots of Richard and Frances climbing down rocks at shore and family relaxing on beach (13.21) gvs of military personnel in grounds at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst - shots of passing out parade in front of Old College, watching crowds, soldiers performing drill and marching past - high shots of cars parked (14.51) shots of Richard walking around grounds of Sandhurst, gvs of lake - gvs of New College buildings - shots of Richard in military uniform saluting and embracing his mother outside house - shots of the family on a picnic in the countryside - shots of the family shaking hands and embracing outside house, Frances climbs up stairs and waves (16.39) blank (16.48)