Here and There (clip)
A colour record of mid-century ploughing and peat cutting in Caithness.
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Description
Footage of croft life from rural Caithness in the early 1940's. The clip opens on a crofter and two horses ploughing a field. Next, two men cut peat from a bank as a sheepdog watches on. Peat is stacked to begin the drying process. Two portraits of the workers briefly appear, before further scenes from the peat harvesting play out the clip.
Questions & Activities
Questions
- What is happening in this film?
- What is the peat used for?
- Why must it be dried?
- What is it formed from?
- What are the environmental effects of removing too much peat?
- What does this film say about the life of Crofters?
- Why would people want to leave?
Activities
Technologies / Geography: Research the technology of agriculture. How long would the man have continued using horses?
Geography / Geology: How long does it take peat to form?
Music: Create a work song to complement the movement in the film that would reflect the things you would find in a working film.
Clip Details
| Record Id | 007-000-002-337-C |
|---|---|
| Resource Rights Holder | By kind permission of The Wick Society |
| Project Ref | 2681 |
| Date | c. 1940-45 |
| Genre | Amateur Documentary |
| School Subject | Technologies, Geography, Geology, Music |
| Who | Alex Johnston (filmmaker) |
| Where | Caithness |
| Attributes | Colour, Silent |
| Clip Length | 1:52 |
| Film Length | 03:06 |