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Title: IONA - WE SHALL REBUILD

Reference number: 2351

Date: 1956*

Director: filmed by the Scottish Religious Film Society

Sponsor: The Iona Community

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 11 mins

Description: Progress of the construction work on Iona Abbey is seen through the eyes of Hector Ross, a young minister and John Kane, a carpenter.

Credits: d. and p. W. Smeaton-Russell

Shotlist: Credits. [B & W] A carpenter fills out his pools form; a queue for a football match; a minister looking at a church for sale; [Col.] Something is wrong with Work! Something is wrong with Worship! Under God the Iona Community believe that This is the Answer (0.40); The Isle of Iona where St Columba worked and prayed willing hearts learn that work and worship are one. Here are two who help. Hector Ross a young minister and John Kane a carpenter. Let us go with them to Iona. The two men meet on the beach [cattle on beach in background]; on the ferry. General views of the site as they look around the abbey; c/u Celtic cross; St. Martins Cross; ints. Abbey chapel; St. Oran's Chapel and Burial Place of the Kings gvs same; ruined nunery; (4.44); Next day John and Hector tour the island. Martyrs Bay; The Street of the Dead; The Fairy Hill; Port na Churaich; the Hill of Dun I (7.50); Now it's time for work under the guidance of the Master Craftsman. John and Hector are soon busy on the refectory roof. General shots of the work party (9.30); The abbey as it will appear when rebuilding is complete. Model of same (9.39); Workmen (10.04); For two hours each day the Community attend lectures. Shots of same in open air (10.32); The days pass and soon it is time to go back to mainland tasks but as they go each is certain this new-found knowledge of work and worship has helped him to find the answer. General views of the abbey and the island. The End (10.56).