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1977 - CFS CONVENTION NO 1
Archive footage of community issues of the time being discussed.
Picture quality poor, lots of dropout.
Craigmillar meeting.
Pan around meeting room.
Subjects reported on:
employment ;
opening of neighbourhood block ;
rehabilitation of Craigmillar.
Focus goes in and out.
Rough edit between speakers.
c 3mins image changes to men opening boxes
a muted audio of the convention speaker can be heard.
Picture switches between the speaker and the men opening boxes.
Audio fades out when the image switches to the men opening boxes.
The men are unpacking and assembling a drum kit.
5 mins - back to the convention speaker from BBC discussing political bias,, licence fee, the importance of local communities supplying media with stories, local community radio,
Q&A session.
Another speaker reports on environmental improvement.
The next speaker reports on the effects of long term unemployment in Craigmillar.
Footage switches to a community working party meeting
This film was restored by the Scottish Screen Archive in collaboration with the Craigmillar Archives Trust.
Original footage by Craigmillar Festival Society
With thanks to:
Kay Foubister from the National Libraries of Scotland
Dr Ryan Shand from University of Glasgow
Johnni Stanton and Hilary Morrison from Craigmillar Archives Trust.
Scottish Screen Archive - Craigmillar Archive Trust Collection
1977 - CFS CONVENTION NO 1
Archive footage of community issues of the time being discussed.
Picture quality poor, lots of dropout.
Craigmillar meeting.
Pan around meeting room.
Subjects reported on:
employment ;
opening of neighbourhood block ;
rehabilitation of Craigmillar.
Focus goes in and out.
Rough edit between speakers.
c 3mins image changes to men opening boxes
a muted audio of the convention speaker can be heard.
Picture switches between the speaker and the men opening boxes.
Audio fades out when the image switches to the men opening boxes.
The men are unpacking and assembling a drum kit.
5 mins - back to the convention speaker from BBC discussing political bias,, licence fee, the importance of local communities supplying media with stories, local community radio,
Q&A session.
Another speaker reports on environmental improvement.
The next speaker reports on the effects of long term unemployment in Craigmillar.
Footage switches to a community working party meeting
This film was restored by the Scottish Screen Archive in collaboration with the Craigmillar Archives Trust.
Original footage by Craigmillar Festival Society
With thanks to:
Kay Foubister from the National Libraries of Scotland
Dr Ryan Shand from University of Glasgow
Johnni Stanton and Hilary Morrison from Craigmillar Archives Trust.
Scottish Screen Archive - Craigmillar Archive Trust Collection
