Isle of Skye (clip)
Family holiday to the Skye during Highland Games
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Description
This amateur home movie footage was shot on a family holiday to Skye. The film includes the MacBrayne steamer approaching Portree; scenery around Skye - the Cullins; the Highland Games including pole vaulting into a sand pit; a men's and boy's tug of war as well as two women on a platform dancing the Sailor’s hornpipe and a demonstration of tossing the caber.
Questions & Activities
Questions
- What activities make up a traditional Highland Games?
- Are the Highland Games only held in the Highlands?
- Where else in Scotland are the Highland Games held?
- What are the mountains on Skye called?
Activities
History / Health and Wellbeing: Research the origin of the Highland Games.
Enterprise: Recreate your own mini games.
Media Studies: Add a voice-over in the style of a sports commentary.
Geography: Make a list of Scottish islands.
English / Media Studies / Journeys: Write about your own holidays. You could story board what you did and where you went.
Clip Details
| Record Id | 007-000-002-419-C |
|---|---|
| Resource Rights Holder | National Library of Scotland |
| Project Ref | 3773 |
| Date | 1954 |
| Genre | Amateur, Home Movie |
| School Subject | Media Studies, Health and Wellbeing, English, History |
| Subject Matter | Enterprise |
| Who | Stanley Mills (filmmaker) |
| Where | Portree, Skye |
| Event | Isle of Skye Highland Games 1954 |
| Attributes | Colour, Silent |
| Clip Length | 2:27 |
| Film Length | 09:15 |