Tayside (1974): Dundee Archives film showing

At 12pm on Thursday 11th December, Friends of Dundee City Archives Present, TAYSIDE (1974)

Introduced by Iain Flett, Tayside is the first 'Films of Scotland' film to be made about the incoming new local authority regions. It gives us an overview of Dundee, Perthshire and Angus, looking at their industries, towns, landscape and people.

Starting with views of the river Tay at Dundee, at Perth, then Perthshire with the river Dochart and its source on Ben Lui, there are views of Fortingall, Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Dunkeld, Crieff, waterskiing on Loch Earn, golfing at Gleneagles, fields of barley and Bells Whisky Distillery.

Angus then follows with farmland at Strathmore, raspberry picking by hand and machine, loading of potatoes onto boat at Montrose harbour, fishing boats at Arbroath harbour and the vanished industry of salmon fishing with ring nets.

There is a Loganair plane taking off from the original grass airstrip at Dundee, children disembarking from liner "Uganda" (were you there?) then the late Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip embarking from the royal yacht "Britannia". Bales of jute were still being unloaded from Calcutta/Kolkata together with shots of machinery then spinning it into yarn and textiles.

A launch from the Caledon yard of a 37-metre-long floating crane for Szczecin Port Authority in Poland is followed by the now demolished Carolina B power station, Briggs oil refinery and finishing with shots of the College of Commerce, the College of Art, Dundee University and Ninewells Hospital.

Entry is free but places should be booked via Eventbrite or by calling Central Library (01382 431500).

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