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Title: BRODICK CASTLE TREASURES

Reference number: 8374

Date: 1958

Sponsor: BBC News

Production company: Templar Film Studios

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 11.00 mins

Description: A short television documentary about Brodick Castle on Arran, including footage of castle interiors and ornamentation, and featuring Lady Jean Fforde and her son.

Shotlist: (0.00) blank (0.02) [music starts first] title - shot from ferry approaching Arran - l/s ferry from gardens - gvs at Lochranza, sheep and swans, mountains - gateway to Brodick Castle - gvs ext castle, presenter and Lady Jean Fforde chatting, enter house with Lady Jean's son Charles - gvs of hallway and stags' head decorations - gvs of Lochranza and castle - more shots of stags' heads - gvs Brodick Castle, internal staircase and carved inscription on wall - shots of young girl coming out of castle, using 'loupin stane' at doorway to mount pony - shot of castle roofs (2.44) stills of portraits of Duke and Duchess of Hamilton - shots of dining room, details of silverware and ornaments, including German tankard, German carved wooden and silver figurines, painting (4.35) gvs castle buildings and architectural details, plaque on wall - shots of family portraits - gvs of drawing room and ornaments, Lady Jean showing presenter some family antiques - gv hallway - shots of family portrait, cabinet, tea set, set of agate bowls - shots of painting by Watteau - c/u shot Lady Jean - shots of Earl of Wemyss examining porcelain duck tureen and Chinese 18th century plate - shots of presenter, Lady Jean and Charles examining antique pistols from cabinet - c/u portrait - Lady Jean with flowers in drawing room (8.29) shots of flowers in castle gardens, including rhododendron and daffodil - garden view - gvs of castle, young girl riding pony in grounds - gvs gardens, high shot from castle - shots of Lady Jean and Charles saying goodbye to presenter outside castle - THE END - A BBC NEWS Report produced by Templar Film Studios (10.54) blank (11.00)