Campbell Harper Films

Ciné

Campbell Harper Films was a ciné business at 8 Hill Street in the 1960s, run by Alan Harper, son of John Campbell Harper.

The company:

 -  made promotional films for companies and other organisations

 -  made TV commercials.

 -  were contracted to the BBC to cover newsworthy events in the East of Scotland

 -  filmed Scottish matches for the BBC.  Each week, highlights of the match filmed by Campbell Harper Films and of a second match filmed by the BBC's own crew appeared on  BBC's Sportscene programme. 

Most of the work was done using 35mm film.

Many thanks to Mike Nagel, who worked for Campbell Harper Group, 1963-1968.  He provided extensive notes of his recollections of the business.  Most of the information above is taken from the notes provided by Mike Nagel.

Campbell Harper Films

Commercial Radio

The company also became involved in commercial radio.  Using a new state of the art recording studio at Hill Street, they recorded half the output for Radio Scotland's pirate radio ship anchored in the North Sea.

An investment of, possibly £500,000 was put into this project, but the law on commercial radio soon changed, the Radio Scotland ship closed and the Campbell Harper Group did not last much longer.

Many thanks to Mike Nagel, who worked for Campbell Harper Group, 1963-1968.  He provied extensive notes of his recollections of the business.  Most of the information above is taken from the notes provided by Mike Nagel.