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Title: FAST CASTLE TO ST. ABBS HEAD

Reference number: T2336

Date: 1982, November

Production company: Scottish Television

Sound: mute

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 26.13 mins

Description: Tom Weir walks along a stretch of coastline from Fast Castle to the village of St. Abbs - includes a visit to St. Abbs Head lighthouse and interviews with the lighthouse keeper, a local farmer and a lobster fisherman.

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Credits: [presenter Tom Weir
ph. Ron Fraser, Lewis Foster
sd. Len Southam
sd. dubbing Tim Amyes
p. asst. Anita Cowan
ed. Alan MacMillan
exec. p. Ken Vass
d. David Turner]

Shotlist: [shotlisted from .AVI file using Quicktime]

(0.00) countdown leader (0.05) STV ident - shots of presenter Tom Weir walking along cliff path - aerial tracking shots along coast, sea and cliffs - gvs of coastline and cliffs - Weir presentation to camera at Fast Castle near St. Abbs - gvs of castle remains and sea cave, kittiwakes nesting on cliffs - gvs of cliffs, Weir climbing over rocks - shot of the Soutar rock outcrop - gvs of beach and geological formations, stream flowing through box canyon - l/s Weir on clifftop (4.26) Weir walking on clifftop, presentation to camera about coastline geology - aerial tracking shots of coastline and cliff paths at Earn's Heugh - gvs small boats at sea (6.45) shots of fisherman Peter Hood on small boat picking up buoy from water - talking head Hood on boat about catching lobster and crab, intercut with shots of him working on boat (8.20) aerial tracking shot of fishing boat at sea - l/s Weir walking along cliff path - gvs of coastline, Weir presentation about geological strata and volcanic activity along coast - aerial tracking shots of Myre Loch dam and gvs of loch - aerial tracking shot of headland - gvs from water and air of birds nesting on cliffs - shots of Weir on cliff observing birds, walking along path - presentation about evidence of ancient occupation of clifftops - gvs of stone foundations - shot of Weir walking along cliff path, gvs of cliffs - gvs of Weir approaching St. Abbs Head lighthouse, gvs of buildings and foghorn - int shots of keeper oiling diesel engines in foghorn engine room - gv of coastline - int gvs of lighthouse, readouts, machinery, operator on telephone in office - ext gvs of lighthouse and cliffs (15.42) talking head principal keeper Jackie Maclean about backup systems - shots of Weir walking down ramp from engine room to light - int shots of light prisms revolving (17.37) aerial shots of lighthouse and coastline - shots of shepherd Peter Gordon of Northfield Farm herding flock along clifftop - Weir talks to Gordon about problems of farm at cliff edge, rescuing sheep - gvs of sheep on rocks - Gordon talks about site of St. Aebbe's monastery on Kirk Hill - gvs of coastline and loch, Gordon's collie - talking head Gordon about birdwatching - gvs sheep and lambs (21.07) gvs coastline and Weir walking along cliff path - gvs approach to St. Abbs village, walkers on path, rock outcrops and cliffs, bay - shots of Weir walking along road into St. Abbs, passing St. Abbs Church - gvs St. Abbs, street, harbour view, walking shot down to harbour, gv harbour and houses, fisherman painting boat on slipway - gvs harbour and fishing boats - shots of Weir walking along harbour wall - shots of fishermen unloading boxes of crabs and lobsters from boat, young boy and dog at harbour edge - shots of Weir walking along pier - shots of fishermen at harbour, lobster boat BK144 entering harbour - gvs harbour (26.06) blank (26.13)