| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Portrait of Ga (1952, ca. 4 min.) / by Margaret Tait; Ancona Films -- Aerial (1974, ca. 4 min.) / Ancona Films presents; filmed by Margaret Tait -- Hugh MacDiarmid, a portrait (1964, ca. 8 min.) / produced by Ancona Films Edinburgh-- Colour poems (1974, ca. 11 min.) / Ancona Films offers; by Margaret Tait -- Where I am is here (1964, ca. 33 min.) / Ancona Films presents; produced by Alex Pirie; filmed by Margaret Tait -- Place of work (1976, 30 min.) / filmed by Margaret Tait; Ancona Films -- Tailpiece (1976, 9 min.) / Ancona Films; by Margaret Tait -- John Macfadyen (the stripes in the tartan) (1970, ca. 3 min.) / Ancona Films; painted by Margaret Tait |
| Summary |
A selection of short, avant garde and documentary films made by Margaret Tait |
| Notes |
Title from menu screen, disc label and container |
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Originally produced as 8 individual motion pictures between 1952 and 1976 |
| Credits |
Photography and editor, Margaret Tait; music: Hugh MacDiarmid, a portrait: Cuncan Robertson, Olive Ogston; Where I am is here: Hector MacAndrew; Tailpiece: Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society |
| Performer |
Hugh MacDiarmid, a portrait: poems read by C. M. Grieve (aka Hugh MacDiarmid) |
| Notes |
DVD; PAL; NTSC region 0 |
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MPAA rating: no ratings |
| Genre/Form |
Experimental films.
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Short films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings.
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| Author |
Tait, Margaret, 1918-1999.
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Pirie, Alex.
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Ancona Films (Firm)
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LUX (Organization)
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