The Grand Match (clip)
Curling on Scotland's only lake
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Description
The 38th Grand Match of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club held on the frozen Lake of Menteith in 1979.
Questions & Activities
Questions
- How many different winter sports can you think of?
- Which countries have won Olympic Gold in curling?
- What safety risks might this game involve?
- How does the film use interesting camera shots to enhance the mood?
- When do you think this film was made and why?
Activities
History / PE: Find out more about the Bonspiel. When did the lake last freeze over?
History / Modern Studies: Find out who Cunninghame Graham was and what his connection to the Lake of Menteith?
Social History / Health and Wellbeing: Invent a new crazy game which 'only the Scots could have invented'!
PE / Media Studies: Import the film into editing software. Create a 15-20 second trailer to get people interested in playing curling - be creative with music and voiceover.
English: Write a voiceover from the point of view of a curling stone.
English: Show freeze frames of 3-4 of the different characters and write mini-biographies for them.
Clip Details
| Record Id | 007-000-000-327-C |
|---|---|
| Resource Rights Holder | National Library of Scotland |
| Project Ref | 3127 |
| Date | 1981 |
| Genre | Documentary, Sponsored |
| School Subject | Health and Wellbeing, Modern Studies, Geography, English |
| Subject Matter | Sport |
| Who | Films of Scotland and The Scottish Film Production Trust (sponsor), Jon Schorstein (director), The Scottish Film Production Trust (production company) |
| Where | Lake Menteith, Aberfoyle |
| Event | Curling |
| Attributes | Colour, Sound |
| Clip Length | 4:37 |
| Film Length | 15:00 |