Post by Mark on Oct 4, 2007 15:20:05 GMT 1
right - I'm in the process of ordering a dvd copy of this:
www.scottish-screen.com/film/detail.php?id=03070001
made in 1959
although it'll supposedly take 40 days for them to process it and send it out!
anyway - I thought I'd post it on here just now so that I can update the progress on it....
The idea is to get the video and re-shoot it using the original soundtrack with current images from Glenrothes today - should be interesting but I might need a hand figuring out where all the shots take place! The royal visit might prove a challenge though...
I'll see if I can get them to clear copyright for it (it'll run out in 2009 anyway) and put a version on here so you can help me out with the locations (and anything else)!
early days yet, but should be good.....
here's the bumf from the scottish screen page:
"Additional Information: Life in Glenrothes New Town as seen through the eyes of a miner and his family.
Made to promote the new town and the benefits of moving there. The colliery nearby was one of the main employers for the town. It closed a few years later.
Cataloguer's comment: Classic stereotype gender roles.
Shotlist: Reel 1
credits (.20) shots of Forth Rail Bridge (.27) Fife countryside. Harbour and fishing boats, men load creels (.52) St. Andrews University students in quad (1.04) lady golfer on green before Royal & Ancient clubhouse (1.12) Fields of barley, harvester (1.36) Coal mine and transport of coal by rail. New buildings at Rothes Colliery. Interior shots of machinery, automatic machines, control panels, cage and miners coming up to surface. George Mackay, a miner, puts his lamp away and goes to the showers. Medical room and nurse (4.49) George and his colleagues eat in the canteen (5.14) He boards a bus and heads for Glenrothes New Town (5.57) Illustration by map of town. Shots of plans and drawings for construction (6.14) construction site. Shots of earth mover, house-building, bricklayers, roof, painting of walls (7.19) Gardens of completed houses. George's wife and children walk to town centre (8.18) Various shots of new town buildings, churches, old folk's houses, flats and swing park (9.59) the Mackay family in the shopping centre (10.35)
Reel 2
No credits. George alights from bus in town centre and meets his family (.36) buys newspaper telling of forthcoming royal visit (1.20) George goes for a pint. Shots inside the `Otter's Head` (1.35) His wife chats over tea (1.46) Man on bowling green, families on beach, George and son at Raith Rovers football match (2.55) at home in the garden (3.30) George remembers his old home. Shots of empty tenements (3.45) Family in house at lunch (5.32) School buildings. Children in nursery and pupils in maths class, domestic science, technical training (7.03) Shot of industrial opportunities for youth. Girls at work on electronic components. Inside a creamery, plastics factory, paper mills (8.25) Buildings, construction site, city centre (9.00) Royal visit of Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. They meet people in town centre (10.07) Sunset and town skyline (11.12) ecs (11.54)"
www.scottish-screen.com/film/detail.php?id=03070001
made in 1959
although it'll supposedly take 40 days for them to process it and send it out!
anyway - I thought I'd post it on here just now so that I can update the progress on it....
The idea is to get the video and re-shoot it using the original soundtrack with current images from Glenrothes today - should be interesting but I might need a hand figuring out where all the shots take place! The royal visit might prove a challenge though...
I'll see if I can get them to clear copyright for it (it'll run out in 2009 anyway) and put a version on here so you can help me out with the locations (and anything else)!
early days yet, but should be good.....
here's the bumf from the scottish screen page:
"Additional Information: Life in Glenrothes New Town as seen through the eyes of a miner and his family.
Made to promote the new town and the benefits of moving there. The colliery nearby was one of the main employers for the town. It closed a few years later.
Cataloguer's comment: Classic stereotype gender roles.
Shotlist: Reel 1
credits (.20) shots of Forth Rail Bridge (.27) Fife countryside. Harbour and fishing boats, men load creels (.52) St. Andrews University students in quad (1.04) lady golfer on green before Royal & Ancient clubhouse (1.12) Fields of barley, harvester (1.36) Coal mine and transport of coal by rail. New buildings at Rothes Colliery. Interior shots of machinery, automatic machines, control panels, cage and miners coming up to surface. George Mackay, a miner, puts his lamp away and goes to the showers. Medical room and nurse (4.49) George and his colleagues eat in the canteen (5.14) He boards a bus and heads for Glenrothes New Town (5.57) Illustration by map of town. Shots of plans and drawings for construction (6.14) construction site. Shots of earth mover, house-building, bricklayers, roof, painting of walls (7.19) Gardens of completed houses. George's wife and children walk to town centre (8.18) Various shots of new town buildings, churches, old folk's houses, flats and swing park (9.59) the Mackay family in the shopping centre (10.35)
Reel 2
No credits. George alights from bus in town centre and meets his family (.36) buys newspaper telling of forthcoming royal visit (1.20) George goes for a pint. Shots inside the `Otter's Head` (1.35) His wife chats over tea (1.46) Man on bowling green, families on beach, George and son at Raith Rovers football match (2.55) at home in the garden (3.30) George remembers his old home. Shots of empty tenements (3.45) Family in house at lunch (5.32) School buildings. Children in nursery and pupils in maths class, domestic science, technical training (7.03) Shot of industrial opportunities for youth. Girls at work on electronic components. Inside a creamery, plastics factory, paper mills (8.25) Buildings, construction site, city centre (9.00) Royal visit of Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. They meet people in town centre (10.07) Sunset and town skyline (11.12) ecs (11.54)"
might work...
he's about to go postal...