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Scotland and the New World (1952)

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35mm film, 18 mins, black & white

Director	Charles Heath
Sponsor	COI
Production Company	Anglo Scottish Pictures
Narrator	Gordon Jackson
Photography	Bernard Davies

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A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, from the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.

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This film illustrates how new light engineering industries and the manufacture of consumer products paved the way, as Britain moved from reliance on traditional heavy industries to a new technological future in the decade in which we "never had it so good".

Kenneth Broom

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	GALLERY / SCRIPTS / AUDIO

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