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Video titled onscreen "SAINSBURY'S BANK LAUNCH, VNR A & B ROLL". The video consists of a short film promoting the launch of Sainsbury's Bank and unedited footage used in the film. Sainsbury's Bank was initially a joint venture between Sainsbury's and the Bank of Scotland.

Contents:
00:00: Title, production information ("Produced by MEDIALINK for J Sainsbury plc") and "CONTENTS 1" and "CONTENTS 2" lists describing footage and images which correspond with what appears in this video starting at 03:28.
00:28: Finished or nearly finished video promoting the launch of Sainsbury's Bank (the video does not have captions onscreen, suggesting production was not quite complete). The video includes a voiceover introducing details about the bank, clips of interviews with Sainsbury's chairman David Sainsbury, Bank of Scotland chief executive Peter Burt, and Sainsbury's customers, and footage described below.
03:28: Footage of staff member in Sainsbury's Bank sweatshirt at customer services desk in unidentified branch.
03:43: Footage of a woman using the Freephone at a Sainsbury's Bank Information Centre in an unidentified branch, and signage and leaflets at the Information Centre.
04:49: Footage of staff and customers in unidentified Sainsbury's branch, including fresh fruit and vegetables department, delicatessen, scanning of products at checkouts and customer receiving a Sainsbury's Reward Card at customer services desk.
06:20: Footage of Sainsbury's Bank call centre staff at Bank of Scotland offices helping customers on the telephone and using a computer.
07:06: Footage of a woman using a Sainsbury's Bank cash machine (ATM).
08:12: Footage of Sainsbury's Bank Visa debit cards being embossed by a machine.
08:26 : Footage of range of Sainsbury's Bank cashcards and Visa cards.
08:36: Images of: 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior, c. 1920 (restored version, SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/2); staff outside 13 Blackheath Village, Blackheath branch, c. 1902 (SA/BRA/7/B/24/1, incorrectly identified in "CONTENTS 2" of this video as "Chapel St").
08:43: Footage of interior of unidentified Sainsbury's branch with customers, c. 1950s.
08:52: Images of interiors of two Bank of Scotland branches with staff, c. 1920s.
09:01: Footage of exterior of Bank of Scotland head office, Edinburgh.
09:11: Footage of interviews with Sainsbury's customers at checkout in unidentified branch responding to the idea of a Sainsbury's Bank.
09:48: Footage of interview with Sainsbury's chairman David Sainsbury about the reasons for Sainsbury's moving into banking in partnership with the Bank of Scotland, and what the Bank will offer customers.
11:04: Footage of interview with Bank of Scotland chief executive Peter Burt about the benefits of launching a bank with Sainsbury's.
11:49: "THIRTY SOMETHING MUSIC TRACK, TO BE USED WITH SAINSBURY'S BANK LAUNCH VNR ONLY". Instrumental music used on various 1990s Sainsbury's television commercials.
12:31: Footage of exterior, interior and car park of Kensington Homebase branch with staff and customers.
13:13: Footage of exterior, interior and car park of Beckton SavaCentre branch with staff and customers.

Ends with text onscreen reading "For Further Information contact: Clare Meredith, Sainsbury's Press Office, 0171 921 7295/6127, For Technical Information contact: MEDIALINK 0171 439 1774".

Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds.