Smokies (clip)
Film about a technique of fish preservation
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Description
This film shows how an Abroath Smokie is made. The haddock are cleaned, split and hung in pairs on sticks and placed over smouldering hardwood logs in a pit. They are covered with cloths and after about 40 minutes they are ready and removed to cool.
Questions & Activities
Questions
- What materials are used to produce the smokies? Where do you think the family got the equipment needed?
- Why do you think this film was made? Who was meant to see it??
- What is a 'Smokie' and what type of fish is it made from?
- What do you think it would be like to prepare the fish?
Activities
Research the history of the Arbroath Smokie and other foods with protected status.
Smoking is a way of preserving food. What other ways are there of preserving food? Compare traditional and modern techniques.
Create ambient sound for the film using percussion, voice and objects.
Clip Details
| Record Id | 007-000-000-251-C |
|---|---|
| Resource Rights Holder | National Library of Scotland |
| Project Ref | 1781 |
| Date | 1958 |
| Genre | Documentary, Educational |
| School Subject | Health and Wellbeing, Social History, Geography |
| Subject Matter | Food |
| Who | Educational Films of Scotland (sponsor), SEFA (Dundee Group), (production company) |
| Where | Arbroath |
| Attributes | Colour, Silent |
| Clip Length | 6:50 |
| Film Length | 08:20 |
| References | www.arbroathsmokies.net |