Crofter Boy (clip 2)
Second clip from life in a crofting community in the 1950s
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Description
Kenny's mother collects peat for the fire, and cooks girdle scones in the grate. We see Etta, Kenny's sister, at work in a hotel, serving an elderly gentleman.
Sheep dipping, Barrmor Tool Works and the men at work inside the factory using some of the machinery.
Officials watch a demonstration of a tractor. We then see men working at re-forestation, with close ups of planting young trees and a tractor-driven mobile sawmill producing fence posts on site from felled timber.
There is detail of the Kerry Falls hydro-electric station, with a man watching some of the instruments. We then see the beach front with local residents visiting the Hydro-Electric Board's mobile showroom.
Questions & Activities
Questions
- What is a girdle scone and how is it made?
- Why is sheep dipping important?
- How has technology changed crofters' lives?
- What is the peat used for and why is coal only used sparingly?
- What types of energy can you see being used and how is the energy made?
Activities
Research how we source food today and discuss the issues of sustainability and food poverty.
Discuss the style and content of this documentary. Whose voices are absent and what does this say about this presentation of Scottish rural life?
Seasonal work was important when this film was made. Find out whether seasonal work is still an important source of income for local people and what types of work this entails.
Clip Details
| Record Id | 007-000-002-023-C |
|---|---|
| Resource Rights Holder | National Library of Scotland |
| Project Ref | 0112 |
| Date | 1955 |
| Genre | Documentary, Drama Documentary, Educational |
| School Subject | Geography, Gaelic, English, Health and Wellbeing, Social History |
| Subject Matter | Rivers and Coasts |
| Who | SEFA (sponsor), SFC (sponsor), Stanley L. Russell (director), Thames and Clyde (production company) |
| Where | Invergair, Highlands |
| Event | Schooldays, Crofting |
| Attributes | Black and White, Sound |
| Clip Length | 5:39 |
| Film Length | 19:00 |