Rathlin: The Island Betwixt and Between

Rathlin: The Island Betwixt and Between

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Details

Location

Rathlin Island

Year

1957

Date

16 July 1991 (repeat transmission)

Length

29min 09sec

Audio

sound

Format

film

black and white

Source

BBC NI

Courtesy

BBC NI

Rights Holder

BBC NI

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Description

Travelogue on Rathlin Island produced in 1957.

Notes

Rathlin island lies 6 miles off Ballycastle in Northeast Ireland and 16 miles from the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland. It is eight miles long and less than one mile wide.

Shot List

00:00 Man, tied to a rope, climbing down a cliff. 01:25 General view of the village, interior of the Anderson’s cottage, woman making breakfast which has been cooked over the fire. McCuiag driving a tractor. 02:45 Mary McColker (?) the district nurse has the only car on the island. 03:26 Men making / mending crayfish pots. Fish hanging up to dry. 04:15 Interior cottage – hearth – oil burner for light, Mrs Anderson cooking soda bread. 04:50 Cattle. 05:16 Church Bay. Men dragging cattle boat down to the water. Tying legs of cattle for transport to the mainland. 07:58 Breaking waves. 08:50 Map describing tides and close up of Rathlin Island. 09:27 View of coast from land and derelict buildings. 10:46 Bill Curry, farmer and his sons. 11:20 School, children arriving in the trailor of a tractor. Exterior and interior of school. 11:58 Jim Curry decided to carry on father’s farm when he left school. Vet inspecting cattle. 12:48 Tony McCuiag’s sheep and sheepdog. 13:49 Close up of sheepdog. 13:46 Cash crops – beans and potatoes. Little boy driving tractor. Mechanisation and intensive farming have changed farming. 14:48 McMullan farm. 15:12 Reforestation scheme. Draining field. 16:02 Marconi radio transmitter. 16:05 Interior post office. 17:05 Boat arriving and unloading. Large crowd gathers. 18:40 Boat motoring out to sea. Lobster fishermen. Pincers of lobsters being tied. 19:32 Lighthouse at Bull Point. Interior. Change of shift. 20:40 Graveyard. 20:51 Library at rectory with Rev Boucher. 21:14 Father Stuart interior of Catholic church. 21:46 children gathering flowers. Girl wearing white dress with veil. Corpus Christi Day. 22:36 Interior. Statue. 22:45 Procession out of church. 23:40 Model boat race. 25:40 Interior pub. Bottles of stout. Close up men chatting. McCuaig’s pub. 26:50 Dance. Music is My Darling Clemantine. Shadows on wall.

Credits

Programme written by Sam Hanna Bell with Harry Govan; Photography – Douglas Wolfe; Location Sound – Howard Smith; Orchestral arrangements – David Curry, Edgar Boucher, John Vine; Film Editor – Valerie Best; Resoration – David Dillon; Narrator - Graeme Roberts, Producer – Harry Govan

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