MARYHILL CANAL BOAT DAY
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A Clydesdale horse on the tow-path pulls a barge along the Forth and Clyde Canal at Maryhill on a Canal Boat Day in the early 1970s. (clip)
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Title: MARYHILL CANAL BOAT DAY
Reference number: T0144
Date: 1973 c
Production company: Scottish Television
Sound: mute
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 2.53 mins
Description: People and boats at Maryhill Canal Boat Day in Glasgow, with shots of horse-drawn barges and "Miss Maryhill"
Shotlist: Children on canal bank. Small barge on canal; shot on board, man working tiller is wearing a "Waterway Recovery Group" t-shirt. Horse on towpath pulling barge followed by a small crowd of children. People on board barge. Other small boats; people passing by wave to the camera. (2.43) "Miss Maryhill" stands by a vintage car; is awarded a bottle of port (?) (2.53)