Margaret Tait Movies
- 1949

Milano
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Young women in Milan, rooftops and children. One of the women is possibly Margaret Tait. [shotlisted from MiniDV] gvs Milan main square, bustling...
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- 1966

Splashing
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An experimental piece of film-making by Margaret Tait, featuring three children at play in a burn and garden, splashing and having fun playing with...
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- 1955

Orquil Burn
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Starting from its source, this film tells the story of the Orquil Burn, Orkney.
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- 1964

Palindrome
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A palindrome created on film. Features interaction between a couple with the recurring line 'Madam I'm Adam'.
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- 1954

Happy Bees
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This film poem evokes childhood happiness on the island of Orkney. Footage includes wildflower meadows, toddlers playing in garden, friends fishing...
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- 1976

Survivor
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Unedited slates from a film called 'Survivor' filmed by Margaret Tait. Footage includes outdoor landscape and garden scenes, a fire burning in field...
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- 1955

Princes Street Edinburgh
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A short piece of film recording general views of Edinburgh's Princes Street in the 1950s.
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- 1970

Painted Eightsome
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Margaret Tait described this title as 'An eightsome reel played by Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society, recorded in about 1955 - 1956, later...
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- 1951

Three Portrait Sketches
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The three portrait sketches of the title are called 'Claudia', 'Fernando Birri' and 'Saulat Rahman'. Presumably made when Margaret Tait was a student...
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- 1981

Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
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Views in and around Kirkwall concentrating on things that have changed. These include a new grammar school building, model yachting on the Peedie...
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- 1957

The Drift Back
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The first in a series of films for the Rural Cinema Scheme in the Orkneys, it records the return to the island of Wyre of Neil Flaws, a farmer, and...
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