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Title: CHESTERFORD SCOUTS SEEK BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE

Reference number: 10304

Date: 1977

Director: filmed by Dr. Ken J H Mackay

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 21.28 mins

Description: Amateur footage of an English Scouts trip to the Western Isles, including a trip to Morar and climbing on Rhum.

Note on the film-maker - Dr MacKay was a physics teacher at the High School of Stirling.

Shotlist: title - c/u map showing route to near Morar - c/u sign '1st Chesterford Scouts East Cambs.' - gvs Scouts' Transit van, trailers with dinghy, canoes, campsite - Scouts pull boy out of tent in sleeping bag - morning scenes at camp (1.48) CLIMBING ROIS BHEINN (2895') - c/u map showing location - gvs landscape and mountains, Scouts setting off on climb - gvs hillside and views, Scouts relaxing beside burn - continuing climb, stopping at remains of settlement, reaching cairn at summit, posing for photograph - views from summit, including Loch Ailort - gvs burn and waterfalls, Scouts swimming in pool - Scouts in Vauxhall Viva estate car - gvs loch and mountains (6.19) LOCH AILORT FISH FARM - pan across loch - RHUM DAY! DAWN RUN TO MALLAIG - c/u map showing details of route - colourful dawn sunrise - gvs Mallaig harbour, gulls - Scouts boarding boat and departing from Mallaig, approaching and transferring to smaller boat - gvs on board and coastline, islands (9.20) disembarking on Rhum - Scouts queuing at Post Office and general store - c/u map of Rhum, showing route from Kinloch - ALLIVAL (2365') OUR PEAK - l/s summit, shot of deer - KINLOCH CASTLE - gvs castle, Scouts heading off on hike, Kinloch in distance - landscape, burn and waterfalls - Scouts relaxing at summit, gvs of surrounding landscape - Scouts climbing up rocky summit to cairn (12.50) O [...] SKYE - ASKIVAL (2663') - gvs summit of Askival and surrounding landscape - Scouts relaxing at cairn on summit - herd of deer passing nearby, stag in distance - gvs waterfall and burn, Scouts bathing in pool - gvs Scouts back at harbour at Kinloch, children on beach - gvs boats on Loch Scresort - Scouts board boat - gvs on deck leaving Rhum - gvs camp (15.57) EVENING DIP - gvs beach and dunes, Scouts running in and out of sea - CUILLINS EXPEDITION DEPARTS - gvs camp, Scouts packing rucksacks for trip - Transit van leaves camp (17.39) A DAY AT THE WHITE SANDS OF MORAR - gvs beach and coastline, Scouts playing in water and on beach - boy buried in sand - ALAS! POOR JUMBO - gvs beach and landscape (19.55) VISITING BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE'S CAVE - gvs beach and coastline, Scouts walking through woods - sign to 'Prince Charlie's Cave' - Scouts climbing out of cave -gvs landscape, Scouts on rocky shore - FAREWELL (21.28)