Film Record: Caledonian Chronicle

Still image from Caledonian Chronicle in Movie Makers, Dec. 1949, 453.

Date produced: 1949

Filmmaker(s):

Esther S. Cooke

Languages:

English

Length:

400 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1949 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Esther Cooke showed intelligence and imagination in organizing the material of this travel study of Scotland, so that even the least observant should get from it a truly representative feeling of that doughty land. Well written titles serve as titles should, to infuse in the film pertinent data not shown in the scenes; technically, a less fussy style of title lettering would have been an improvement. Mrs. Cooke's slight camera unsteadiness in scenes of the King and Queen of England at the Scottish festival was understandable, for undoubtedly tripods were barred from that event. There were, however, a few other uneven shots that seemed to us questionable in value. Restrained use of bagpipe recordings highlight a generally effective musical score." Movie Makers, Dec. 1949, 469.

Locations:

• Scotland (Filming)

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Geography
• Europe
•      Scotland

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened by the Schenectady Photographic Society in 1950: Schenectady, N.Y.
• Screened by the Denver Cinema League in 1950: Denver, CO
• Screened by the Berkshire Museum Amateur Movie Club in 1950: Pittsfield, MA
• Screened on "Ladies Night" at the Amateur Motion Picture Club of St. Louis in 1951: St. Louis, MO
• Screened by the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club in 1953: Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Screened by the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Denver in 1953: Denver, CO

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