The Heart of Scotland (clip)
Documentary about Stirling and the Forth Valley
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Description
The history and industries of Stirlingshire. This clip provides an amazing insight into the craft of making iron baths coated with enamel at the Carron Ironworks, near Falkirk.
Questions & Activities
Questions
- What is the bath made from?
- What is it coated with? Why?
- Does anything surprise you about how the bath is made?
- Enamel baths are rarely made anymore. Why?
- What are baths made of today?
Activities
Media Studies / Music: Some of the shots of the man operating the mechanism are balletic. Put the clip into editing software, find or create music to score the clip and cut a 'dance video'.
Science: What are the properties of enamel which make it good for coating? Where else do you find enamel?
Science / Geography / Technologies: Pick an everyday object at home. Find out where it was made and what is likely to happen to it when you no longer want it?
Geography / History / Technologies: The bath was made at the Carron ironworks near Falkirk. Research the history of the Carron works and find out what else was made at the factory.
Clip Details
| Record Id | 007-000-000-155-C |
|---|---|
| Resource Rights Holder | National Library of Scotland |
| Project Ref | 0912 |
| Date | 1965 |
| Genre | Documentary, Sponsored |
| School Subject | Technologies, Science, Media Studies, Geography, History, Social Studies |
| Who | County Council of the County of Stirling (sponsor), Films of Scotland (sponsor), John Grierson (treatment), Laurence Henson (director), Templar Film Studios (production company) |
| Where | Stirlingshire |
| Attributes | Colour, Sound |
| Clip Length | 1:18 |
| Film Length | 24:07 |