SCOTLAND'S WAR: INTERVIEW MATERIAL [Collection Level Title]

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  • Title: SCOTLAND'S WAR: INTERVIEW MATERIAL [Collection Level Title]
  • Film Number: 43K 0000
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  • Summary: Interviews carried out for six-part television series about Scotland during the Second World War.
  • Description: ANALYSIS 43K 1 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Alistair Dunnett, journalist employed by the Daily Record in Glasgow during the war. 43K 2 (V 1 BCMS) Alistair Dunnett continued. Interview with Jim Johnston, an American born Scot with dual nationality, called up to the American Army towards the end of the war. 43K 3 (V 1 BCMS) Jim Johnson continued. 43K 4 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with James Lannan, a teenager who witnessed the first German raid on Edinburgh. 43K 5 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Frederico Pontiero, an Italian who immigrated to Scotland in 1920, and was interned on the Isle of Man during the war. 43K 6 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Issi Metzstein, who left Germany for Scotland as a boy in the summer of 1939. 43K 7 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Agnes McLean, who worked in the Rolls Royce factory in Glasgow during the war. 43K 8 (V 1 BCMS) Agnes McLean continued. 43K 9 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Mary Gray, who worked with Agnes McLean in the Rolls Royce factory in Glasgow. 43K 10 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Marjorie Herd, a nurse from Aberdeen, who served in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) during the war. 43K 11 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Stuart Hood, a Communist Party member, who served in the British army as an Intelligence Officer. VIEWED 43K 12 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Clifford Hanley, a conscientious objector living in Glasgow during the war. 43K 13 (V 1 BCMS) Clifford Hanley continued. 43K 14 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Joe D'Ambrosio, the son of an Italian café owner from Edinburgh, who served in the British Army during the war. 43K 15 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Tommy McSorley, evacuated from Glasgow at the outbreak of the war. 43K 16 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Frieda Anderson, a factory worker from Edinburgh, who volunteered to work in a factory in Coventry during the Blitz. 43K 17 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Gerald and Florence Freedman, who met in Edinburgh during the war. 43K 18 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Renzo Serafini, an Italian Scot from Inverness, who was interned on the Isle of Man for the duration of the war. 43K 19 (V 1 BCMS) Renzo Serafini continued. 43K 20 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Margaret Baxter, a schoolgirl from Glasgow. 43K 21 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Naomi Mitchison, Scottish Socialist and author, who kept a detailed diary throughout the war. 43K 22 (V 1 BCMS) Naomi Mitchison continued. 43K 23 (V 1 BCMS) Naomi Mitchison continued. 43K 24 (V 1 BCMS) Interviews with Leokadiusz Dopierala and Wladyslaw Maronski, Polish soldiers who escaped to Scotland via France during 1940. 43K 25 (V 1 BCMS) Wladyslaw Maronski continued. 43K 26 (V 1 BCMS) Wladyslaw Maronski continued. 43K 27 (V 1 BCMS) Wladyslaw Maronski continued. 43K 28 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Alexander Bogue, a Glaswegian Policeman, whose home was destroyed in a bombing raid on Glasgow. 43K 29 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Leokadiusz Dopierala, a Polish soldier who escaped to Scotland following the capitulation of France in June 1940. 43K 30 (V 1 BCMS) Leokadiusz Dopierala continued. Interview with Margaret Docherty, a Scottish housewife evacuated from Glasgow to a small country village during the war. 43K 31 (V 1 BCMS) Margaret Docherty continued. 43K 32 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Eva Collins, Jean Lyon and Ann Wilson, who worked together in the Rolls Royce factory in Glasgow. 43K 33 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Tadeusz Appel-Czaszka, a Polish soldier who was stationed in Scotland during the war. 43K 34 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Joseph Mirczynski, a Polish soldier who was stationed in Scotland during the war. 43K 35 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Wladyslaw Wolanski and his Scottish wife, Ruby. Wolanski was injured in action in France and fled to Scotland, where he settled. 43K 36 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Paul Scott, a young graduate from Edinburgh, who joined the military police and was stationed in Berlin in the immediate months after the end of the war. 43K 37 (V 1 BCMS) Various still shots of newspaper headlines articles from the Isle of Man Examiner on the subject of alien internees on the island during the war. VIEWED 43K 38 (V 1 BCMS) Various views of farmer, Roy Smith, at work on his farm at Hartburn, Kirkcudbrightshire. 43K 39 (V 1 BCMS) Various views of Dr Tony and Mrs Jean Lowther in the grounds of Cally Palace Hotel, formerly Calaidh House, Scotland's first co-educational boarding school, near Gartmore in Stirlingshire. 43K 40 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Dr Tony and Mrs Jean Lowther, evacuated to Calaidh House from Glasgow as schoolchildren at the outbreak of the war. VIEWED 43K 41 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Iain Cameron and Jack Gillespie, evacuated as schoolboys from Glasgow, to Calaidh House. VIEWED 43K 42 (V 1 BCMS) Various exterior views of the Cally Palace Hotel. The ex-evacuee interviewees gather at the house and pose for photographs. VIEWED 43K 43 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jacqueline Paton and Joyce Christie, evacuated as schoolgirls from Glasgow to Calaidh House. 43K 44 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Edith Campbell and Betty Chambers, evacuated as schoolgirls from Glasgow to Calaidh House. 43K 45 (V 1 BCMS) Betty Chambers continued. 43K 46 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Roy and Christine Smith, evacuated as schoolchildren from Glasgow to Calaidh House. 43K 47 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Willie Gilmour and John Campbell Bennet, evacuated as schoolboys from Glasgow to Calaidh House. 43K 48 (V 1 BCMS) Interior shots of Cally Palace Hotel, including staircase. The former evacuees gather for a meal at the hotel. VIEWED 43K 49 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Drummond Hunter, an undergraduate at Edinburgh University, who joined the British army at the beginning of the war, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Hong Kong, and spent the remainder of the war in a prison camp. VIEWED 43K 50 (V 1 BCMS) Drummond Hunter continued. 43K 51 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with George Pinkerton, a Spitfire pilot of 602 Squadron (City of Glasgow), jointly responsible for shooting down a German Ju 88 on 16 October 1939. 43K 52 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Archie McCulloch, formerly a journalist with the Daily Record in Glasgow, latterly head of ENSA in Scotland. 43K 53 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jim Poole, head of ENSA in Orkney during the war. 43K 54 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ina and Betty Collins, sisters from Glasgow, conscripted to work in a munitions factory in Coventry. 43K 55 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bill Crossan, who fought with the 51st Highland Division in France, captured in 1940 and imprisoned in a prison camp in Poland until the end of the war. 43K 56 (V 1 BCMS) Bill Crossan continued. 43K 57 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Henry Wuga, a German Jewish refugee interned on the Isle of Man as a teenager for nearly a year, and his wife Ingrid, also a refugee from Germany, resident in Glasgow for most of the war. 43K 58 (V 1 BCMS) Henry and Ingrid Wuga continued. 43K 59 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bette Stivens, a Glaswegian housewife. 43K 60 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Stuart Brown, a soldier from Berwick-upon-Tweed, who was captured by the Germans and held prisoner until escaping towards the end of the war. (See tape 91 for an interview with Stuart's German wife Dora) 43K 61 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Walter Gordon, the son of a Glaswegian department store owner, whose family hosted a family of evacuees in the early days of the war. 43K 62 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Forsyth Hardy, Press Officer to the Scottish Secretary of State, Tom Johnstone, and film producer for the Ministry of Information (MOI). VIEWED 43K 63 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bella Keyzer, a jute worker from Dundee, conscripted as a shipyard welder. 43K 64 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Hamish Henderson, who served with the 51st Highland Division, and later worked with the partisans in Italy. 43K 65 (V 1 BCMS) Hamish Henderson continued. 43K 66 (V 1 BCMS) Hamish Henderson continued. 43K 67 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Helen Jackson, a member of the League of Nations Union Youth Group in Perth. 43K 68 (V 1 BCMS) Good quality shots (with wildtrack sound) of the shipyards on Clydebank, shot from across the Clyde, and from high angles, also some extreme long shots. No individual shots of pre-war housing; only seen in context of the dock area. Note aircraft landing in background at one point. (17 mins) VIEWED 43K 69 (V 1 BCMS) Scenes at Old Dalnottar Cemetery, Clydebank, with close-ups showing gravestones of victims of the Clydebank Blitz (14-15 March 1941): the Watson, McConnell and Rocks graves. VIEWED 43K 70 (V 1 BCMS) Annual memorial service for the victims of the Clydebank Blitz at Old Dalnottar Cemetery, where there is a permanent monument to the victims. Participating in the service is the German Reverend Claus Gastenberg. Wreaths are laid (one in the form of a peace symbol) and piper plays. Also shown are close-ups of the grave of the Ventilla family (cf 43K 90). VIEWED 43K 71 (V 1 BCMS) Shots of Clydebank war memorial, which is a gilded statue in an alcove on the exterior wall of Clydebank Town Hall. Camera pans to show the end of the street, where shipyard cranes can be seen. VIEWED 43K 72 (V 1 BCMS) Views of the war memorial on the Hebridean island of North Uist. Tape also includes general views of the island’s landscape (it is snowing) and shots of a man leaving his cottage (with his dog) and gathering coal. He is later seen inside stoking his fire. (I suspect the man shown is one of the interviewees, although there is no interview footage on this particular tape.) Views of heavy sea, and cottage where a sheep is grazing – on the roof. VIEWED 43K 73 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Archie Macdonald, who served with the 51st Highland Division in France, and was captured at St Valery, escaping to Spain where he was recaptured, but eventually found his way back to Scotland. 43K 74 (V 1 BCMS) Archie MacDonald continued. 43K 75 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Donald Allan Maclean, who served with the 51st Highland Division, captured at St Valery in 1940, and spent the next five years in a prison camp in Poland. 43K 76 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ronald Macdonald, who served with the 51st Highland Division in France, and spent five years as a prisoner of war after being captured at St Valery. 43K 77 (V 1 BCMS) Former members of 51st Highland Division who were prisoners of war hold a reunion lunch in the Lochboisdale Hotel on South Uist. They talk in Gaelic. The tape also contains an interview with Archie McPherson, who has a very broad Scottish accent. VIEWED 43K 78 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Archie Macvicar, who served with the 51st Highland Division in France, and spent five years as a prisoner of war after being captured at St Valery. 43K 79 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Murdo MacCuish, who served with the 51st Highland Division in France, and spent five years as a prisoner of war after being captured at St Valery. 43K 80 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John MacInnes, a local government officer from South Uist. 43K 81 (V 1 BCMS) John Macinnes continued. 43K 82 (V 1 BCMS) Interior and exterior views of Carradale House, Kintyre, home of the author Naomi Mitchison. She is seen in the library house with members of her family, some of whom are playing Scrabble. Naomi entertains one of her grandchildren with an origami bird’s head. Views of paintings and snooker room. VIEWED 43K 83 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Lachlan MacLean, a farm worker from North Uist who worked for Naomi Mitchison. 43K 84 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Dick Galbraith, from the small fishing village of Carradale near Kintyre, who joined the Merchant Navy. 43K 85 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Christine Galbraith, a schoolgirl from the village of Carradale, who frequently visited Naomi Mitchison at her home. 43K 86 (V 1 BCMS) Brief views of Carradale Village Hall. VIEWED 43K 87 (V 1 BCMS) Interior views of Valvona and Crolla, a specialist Italian food shop established in Edinburgh in 1934. VIEWED 43K 88 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Joseph Pia, an Italian born Scot, interned on the Isle of Man in 1940. 43K 89 (V 1 BCMS) Joseph Pia continued. Interview with Harry Dillon, quartermaster on the SS Athenia, sunk by a torpedo attack by a German submarine on 3 September 1939, the day war was declared. 43K 90 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Tony Ventilla, a Scottish soldier of Italian descent, whose first wife and parents were killed in the Clydebank Blitz, March 1941. 43K 91 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Dora Brown, a German farmer's daughter, who escaped with a Scottish prisoner, Stuart Brown, and settled in Edinburgh with Stuart after the war ended. (See tape 60) 43K 92 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with General Sir Derek Lang, an adjutant with the Cameron Highlanders, 51st Highland Division, who was captured at St Valery and escaped to Palestine. 43K 93 (V 1 BCMS) General Sir Derek Lang continued. Interview with Madame Savoye, mayoress of St Valery. 43K 94 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Charles Oakley, in charge of aircraft production in Scotland during the war. 43K 95 (V 1 BCMS) Various views of the Orkney town of Stromness. These include long shots of the town, and scenes in the centre: Stromness Hotel, church, streets and houses. View down the narrow alley known as “Khyber Pass”, and the harbour. VIEWED 43K 96 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Derrick Johnstone, who served with the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow. 43K 97 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ian MacInnes, an Orcadian who served with the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow. 43K 98 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Eva Marwick, a young Orcadian schoolgirl at the outbreak of the war. 43K 99 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Joyce Anderson and Betty Garson, sisters from Orkney. Joyce served with the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in Stromness. 43K 100 (V 1 BCMS) Joyce Anderson and Betty Garson continued. 43K 101 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Gerry Mayer, an English soldier stationed in Stromness, Orkney, and his wife Nora, the Orcadian daughter of a First World War English soldier. 43K 102 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Sandy Wylie, a native of Burray, east of Scapa Flow. 43K 103 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Walter Leask, a fisherman who helped service the Home Fleet. 43K 104 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Marjorie Linklater, the wife of writer, Eric Linklater, resident on Orkney during the war. 43K 105 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Dilys Kelly, an English WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) stationed near Scapa Flow during the war. 43K 106 (V 1 BCMS) Various views of the interior and exterior of the Italian chapel on the small island of Lamb Holm, now uninhabited but the former site of Camp 60, an Italian prisoner of war camp. A group of prisoners, led by the artist Domenico Chiocchetti (see below), famously converted two Nissan Huts into the chapel. VIEWED 43K 107 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Alison Sutherland Graeme, daughter of the Lord Lieutenant of Orkney, who owned Lamb Holm, where Camp 60 was located. 43K 108 (V 1 BCMS) General views of Scapa Flow from both land and on board a boat. Local artist and teacher Ian McInnes (see Tape 97) describes the area, pointing to the location where a German battleship was moored, the island of Hoy and the remains of a concrete command post. Scenes on Hoy: Ian talks about a wrecked pinnace (seen in close-up) and an abandoned jetty, and gives historical information. He also takes us into the tunnel at Wee Fea that leads to an underground wartime oil installation. Scenes near Lyness, including the ruined Communications Centre at Wee Fea (exterior and interior) and long shots of the Lyness Royal Naval cemetery. VIEWED 43K 109 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Johnny Pottinger, resident in Hoy during the war. Further interview with Ian MacInnes, who served with the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow. 43K 110 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Cload, resident at Scapa Flow during the war 43K 111 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Peter Leith, whose cousin James Isbister was the first British civilian casualty of the Second World War. Includes views of James' widow, Lily Foulkes, at his grave. 43K 112 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jeremy Isaacs, evacuated from Glasgow to the harbour town of Kirkcudbright near Dumfries at the start of the war. VIEWED 43K 113 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Margaret Brown and Margaret Sharp, munitions factory workers from Glasgow. 43K 114 (V 1 BCMS) Margaret Brown and Margaret Sharp continued. Interview with Jim Dickson, who served with the Royal Tank Regiment, captured at Tobruk and held in a prisoner of war camp in Italy. Jim escaped from the camp and was taken in and hidden from the Germans by an Italian farmer's wife and her daughters, one of whom, Peppina, Jim fell in love with and married after the war had ended. 43K 115 (V 1 BCMS) Jim and Peppina Dickson continued. 43K 116 (V 1 BCMS) Jim and Peppina Dickson continued. 43K 117 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Fisher, a Scottish farmer who benefited greatly from the building of the first Hydro Scheme reservoir and power station in Scotland. 43K 118 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Chrissie Fisher, wife of John Fisher (tape 117) 43K 119 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Hugh Savage, a plumber and shop steward at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank (See tapes 244-245 also) 43K 120 (V 1 BCMS) Hugh Savage continued. 43K 121 (V 1 BCMS) Hugh Savage continued. Interview with John Taylor Caldwell, a conscientious objector and follower of renowned anarchist, Guy Aldred. 43K 122 (V 1 BCMS) John Taylor Caldwell continued. 43K 123 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Daisy Lundie, from Glasgow, who served with the Women's Land Army as a 'land girl'. Interview with Drummond and Peggy Hunter. Drummond joined the British army at the beginning of the war, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Hong Kong, and spent the remainder of the war in a prison camp. 43K 124 (V 1 BCMS) Drummond and Peggy Hunter continued. 43K 125 (V 1 BCMS) Drummond and Peggy Hunter continued. Interview with Gavin Laird, who survived the bombing campaign waged on Glasgow by the Germans. 43K 126 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Stewart Watson, a Labour League of Youth member who joined the army. 43K 127 (V 1 BCMS) Stewart Watson continued. 43K 128 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Gordon and Susan McFeeters, teenagers resident in Greenock during the war, where Gordon joined the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS). 43K 129 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Betty Reid, who served with the Women's Land Army as a 'land girl' in Fife. 43K 130 (V 1 BCMS) Betty Reid continued. Interview with Jimmy Miller, a coal miner from Fife. 43K 131 (V 1 BCMS) Jimmy Miller continued. 43K 132 (V 1 BCMS) Aerial shots from helicopter of the Rolls Royce factory (described below as being in Clydebank, but actually at Hillington in Glasgow.) Further helicopter scenes show the Glasgow docks and Elder Park. VIEWED 43K 133 (V 1 BCMS) Aerial shots from helicopter of Loch Sloy hydroelectric scheme, including the dam in Loch Sloy and the power generation buildings on the shores of Loch Lomond. VIEWED 43K 134 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Alastair Dunnett, formerly a journalist with the Daily Record, latterly Press Officer for Scottish MP, Tom Johnstone (see tapes 1 and 2 also) 43K 135 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jocky Bell, a Glaswegian who joined the army and fought the Japanese in the Malayan jungle, was captured and held prisoner for three years. 43K 136 (V 1 BCMS) Jocky Bell continued. 43K 137 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ian MacKenzie, a Scottish soldier posted to Singapore, captured by the Japanese and held prisoner for three years. 43K 138 (V 1 BCMS) Ian MacKenzie continued. 43K 139 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Archie Black, a Scottish soldier posted to Singapore, captured by the Japanese and forced to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway for three years. 43K 140 (V 1 BCMS) Archie Black continued. 43K 141 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Norman Catto, a Scottish soldier posted to Singapore, captured by the Japanese and forced to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway for three years. 43K 142 (V 1 BCMS) Norman Catto continued. 43K 143 (V 1 BCMS) General scenes during a lesson at Our Holy Redeemers Primary School in Clydebank. The teacher is telling the children about the Clydebank Blitz of March 1941. Close-ups of paintings and collages that the children have made showing the Blitz and the all clear afterwards. VIEWED 43K 144 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Lieutenant-Colonel Muriel Gibson, a Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) member and staunch campaigner. 43K 145 (V 1 BCMS) Lieutenant-Colonel Muriel Gibson continued. Interview with Dr Robert McIntyre, the first Scottish Nationalist Party MP, elected in April 1945. 43K 146 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ian Fleming, an artist from Glasgow who served as a special constable during the war. 43K 147 (V 1 BCMS) Ian Fleming continued. 43K 148 (V 1 BCMS) Ian Fleming continued. 43K 149 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Kathleen McConnell, whose mother and siblings were killed in the Clydebank Blitz. 43K 150 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Tom McGregor, a Scottish soldier posted to Singapore, captured by the Japanese and forced to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway. 43K 151 (V 1 BCMS) Continuation of interview with Tom McGregor (?) (To be verified.) Veterans at Stirling Castle, talking as a piper plays the Reel of the 51st. VIEWED 43K 152 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Duncan Ferguson, a Scottish soldier posted to Singapore, captured by the Japanese and forced to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway. 43K 153 (V 1 BCMS) Duncan Ferguson continued. 43K 155 (V 1 BCMS) High angle shots of the Rolls Royce factory with wartime women workers outside. Inside the factory is a display relating to RAF 602 Squadron. The ladies sit at a table and talk. VIEWED 43K 156 (V 1 BCMS) The ladies from the previous tape meet current Rolls Royce employees. Main gate of the factory as employees exit. VIEWED 43K 157 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Colonel Kenneth Mowbray Burnett, who served with the Gordon Highlanders in Singapore, and was captured by the Japanese and forced to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway. 43K 158 (V 1 BCMS) Colonel Kenneth Mowbray Burnett continued. 43K 159 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Willie Merchant, who served with the Gordon Highlanders in Singapore, and was captured by the Japanese and forced to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway. 43K 160 (V 1 BCMS) Willie Merchant continued. 43K 161 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ronnie a conscientious objector and Scottish Nationalist Party member, who joined the Merchant Navy. Interview with Rona Taylor, a Scottish Nationalist Party member who married Ronnie Taylor, a SNP activist after the end of the war. 43K 162 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Tom Hastie, a rubber planter from Scotland who took part in the defence of Singapore, became a prisoner of the Japanese, and helped to build an air strip in the Borneo jungle. 43K 163 (V 1 BCMS) Tom Hastie continued. 43K 164 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with George Johnson, resident in Aberdeen during the war. 43K 165 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with George Kean, a shipyard worker from Glasgow who survived the Clydebank Blitz. 43K 166 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Donald Alexander, a documentary film-maker, who moved to Scotland with his wife to make films for the Ministry of Information (MOI). 43K 167 (V 1 BCMS) Donald Alexander continued. 43K 168 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Finlay MacLachlan, an Argyll and Sutherland Highlander who fought in the Malayan jungle, and spent three years working on the Thailand-Burma railway after being captured by the Japanese at Singapore. 43K 169 (V 1 BCMS) Finlay MacLachlan continued. 43K 170 (V 1 BCMS) Finlay MacLachlan continued. 43K 171 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ballantyne Henry, an Argyll and Sutherland Highlander captured by the Japanese and forced to work on the Thailand-Burma railway. 43K 172 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bill Crossan, who served with the 51st Highland Division, and was interned in a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland during the war. 43K 173 (V 1 BCMS) General views of various places in Glasgow and surrounding area: 4 Blytheswood Square (see below), Tom Johnstone House (Strathkelvin Council's main offices), cemetery gates and several unidentified buildings. VIEWED 43K 174 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Dorothy Beattie and Isabel Morris, who lived in Aberfeldy during the war, and appeared in the wartime documentary 'Freedom of Aberfeldy', about holidays in Perthshire for Commonwealth Troops. 43K 175 (V 1 BCMS) Isabel Morris continued. Interview with Karol Kabacki, a former Polish soldier who settled in Aberfeldy with his Scottish wife, Georgina. 43K 176 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Mary Knox, daughter of renowned Scottish MP, Tom Johnston, once referred to as the "King of Scotland" by Winston Churchill. 43K 177 (V 1 BCMS) Mary Knox continued. 43K 178 (V 1 BCMS) Mary Knox continued. 43K 179 (V 1 BCMS) Mary Knox continued. 43K 180 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Reg Clark, who lived near the Italian prisoner-of-war camp at Laurencekirk during the war. Interview with Eric Penno, a German soldier captured in North Africa and held as a prisoner in Scotland, and his Scottish wife, Margaret, at their former farm in Keith. 43K 181 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Werner Busse, who served with the Waffen SS, and was sent to Scotland after being captured by the Allies at Caen in 1944. 43K 182 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Eric Penno (see tape 180 for details) 43K 183 (V 1 BCMS) Eric Penno and Werner Busse continued. 43K 184 (V 1 BCMS) Eric Penno and Werner Busse continued. 43K 185 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with General Ian Robertson, an adjutant with the Seaforth Highlanders, who fought in the North African campaign. 43K 186 (V 1 BCMS) General Ian Robertson continued. 43K 187 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Donald Robertson, an officer with the Seaforth Highlanders, seriously wounded at Francoforte. 43K 188 (V 1 BCMS) Donald Robertson continued. 43K 189 (V 1 BCMS) Donald Robertson continued. 43K 190 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Willie Galleitch, who fought with the 51st Highland Division at El Alamein. 43K 191 (V 1 BCMS) Willie Galleitch continued. 43K 192 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jock More, a Seaforth Highlander who fought in the North African campaign. 43K 193 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jean Mitchell, who starred in the Ministry of Information film 'Highland Postie', about the life of a post-woman in highlands of Scotland during the war. 43K 194 (V 1 BCMS) Jean Mitchell continued. 43K 195 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Lou and Elizabeth Anderson, a farmer and his wife from Lochwinnoch, Ayrshire (see tapes 219 to 221 for further details). 43K 196 (V 1 BCMS) Various veterans meet in a bar in Cumbrae and talk, sharing anecdotes of the war and lamenting how few of them remain. War memorial on Cumbrae island. Veterans pose for photographs on the ferry back to Largs. The dialogue between the veterans is interesting and revealing. VIEWED 43K 197 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Cameron St Clair, who served with the 51st Highland Division in France, and was captured at St Valery in 1940. 43K 198 (V 1 BCMS) Cameron St Clair continued. 43K 199 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with David Stevenson, who served with the 51st Highland Division, and was captured at St Valery in 1940. 43K 200 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jack Hunter, who served with the 51st Highland Division in France, was captured at St Valery in 1940, and imprisoned in Poland. 43K 201 (V 1 BCMS) Jack Hunter continued. 43K 202 (V 1 BCMS) Jack Hunter continued. 43K 203 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Walter Kerr, who served with the 51st Highland Division in France, was captured at St Valery in 1940, and imprisoned in Poland for the remainder of the war. 43K 204 (V 1 BCMS) Walter Kerr continued. 43K 205 (V 1 BCMS) Walter Kerr continued. 43K 206 (V 1 BCMS) Walter Kerr continued. 43K 207 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Oswald, a keen cinema-goer during the war, from Dumbarton, Strathclyde. 43K 208 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bob Crampsey, who experienced life on the home front as a Glaswegian schoolboy during the war. 43K 209 (V 1 BCMS) Bob Crampsey continued. 43K 210 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Chris Mackay, an aircraft factory worker from Glasgow. 43K 211 (V 1 BCMS) Chris Mackay continued. 43K 212 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Angus MacDonald, a Gaelic speaking piper who served with the 51st Highland Division. 43K 213 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with James MacDonald, a merchant seaman who worked the Atlantic convoy route. 43K 214 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jimmy Logan, the well-known Scottish entertainer, who performed with ENSA during the war. 43K 215 (V 1 BCMS) Jimmy Logan continued. 43K 216 (V 1 BCMS) Jimmy Logan continued. 43K 217 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jimmy and Ella Hill, a married couple who went dancing on a regular basis throughout the war. Interview with Manny Ferri, a dance bandleader during the war. Interview with Farquhar Macrae, a dance hall manager during the war. Interview with Adam Sharp, a dancer during the war. 43K 218 (V 1 BCMS) Interior of the Plaza Ballroom, Glasgow; couples, mainly older people, dance to the music of a band. VIEWED 43K 219 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Lou Anderson, a farmer from Lochwinnoch, who was assisted by a number of land girls during the war. 43K 220 (V 1 BCMS) Lou Anderson continued. 43K 221 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Elizabeth Anderson, a farmer's wife from Lochwinnoch, who found various ways to cope with rationing. 43K 222 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Horn, who served with the 51st Highland Division, and participated in the Sicily landings. 43K 223 (V 1 BCMS) John Horn continued. 43K 224 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Donald Maclean, who served with the 51st Highland Division in France, was captured at St Valery and held prisoner for nearly five years. 43K 225 (V 1 BCMS) David Maclean continued. 43K 226 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with David MacGough, who served with the 51st Highland Division, and took part in the Sicily campaign. 43K 227 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Helmut Bongarz, a German soldier who served with the 10th Panzer Division, captured not long before the war ended and moved to Scotland, where he settled. 43K 228 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ella Brock, who worked in a Co-Operative store in Edinburgh during the war. 43K 229 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Alison Dunlop, a schoolgirl from Aberfeldy, who learnt to adjust to life with rationing. 43K 230 (V 1 BCMS) Dramatised scenes inside Tenement House museum in Glasgow, owned and maintained by the National Trust for Scotland as an example of an early 20th century Glasgow tenement. Here, in a preserved replica of a tenement kitchen, an actress plays a Second World War Scottish housewife talking about her life. (Interesting, but staged.) VIEWED 43K 231 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bunty Macleod, the daughter of Scottish music hall entertainer, Harry Gordon, who performed with ENSA during the war as a Tiller Girl. 43K 232 (V 1 BCMS) Bunty Macleod continued. 43K 233 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Norman Macleod, husband of Bunty Macleod (formerly Gordon), daughter of Harry Gordon, the renowned music hall entertainer. 43K 234 (V 1 BCMS) Bunty and Norman Macleod continued. 43K 235 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jimmy Smith and Malcolm MacDonald, football players who played for Rangers and Celtic respectively during the war years. 43K 236 (V 1 BCMS) Jimmy Smith continued. 43K 237 (V 1 BCMS) Malcom MacDonald continued. 43K 238 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Andrew Nicol, a greengrocer from Alloa, who was prosecuted during the war for buying eggs from farms and selling them in his shop. 43K 239 (V 1 BCMS) Andrew Nicol continued. 43K 240 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Gideon Rutherford, who served with the 51st Highland Division, and fought in the Sicily campaign. 43K 241 (V 1 BCMS) Gideon Rutherford continued. 43K 242 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with George Dunn, who served with the 51st Highland Division in North Africa. 43K 243 (V 1 BCMS) George Dunn continued. 43K 244 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Hugh Savage, a shipyard worker from Clydebank, who worked and played hard during the war. 43K 245 (V 1 BCMS) Hugh Savage continued. 43K 246 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Charles Hammill, who worked in a cinema in Glasgow as a projectionist during the war. 43K 247 (V 1 BCMS) Various scenes at the Barras Market in Glasgow. VIEWED 43K 248 (V 1 BCMS) The famous Reel of the 51st Division is played and danced by traditional dancers in a studio at Glasgow University. Of interest because Jim Atkinson, the former POW who created the reel, is present. He talks to the dancers after the performance. VIEWED 43K 249 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Betty McAllister, a shopkeeper from Barras market in Glasgow. 43K 250 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Dorothy Paul and Agnes Stuart, who lived in Glasgow during the war. 43K 251 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Hugh Robertson, who fought with the 51st Highland Division in North Africa. 43K 252 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bessie McCue, who worked in Glasgow as a cinema usherette during the war. 43K 253 (V 1 BCMS) Bessie McCue continued. 43K 254 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jim Atkinson, who served with the 51st Highland Division in France, and wrote the famous Scottish country dance 'Reel of the 51st'. 43K 255 (V 1 BCMS) Jim Atkinson continued. 43K 256 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jess Shillinglaw, who ran a clothing shop in Glasgow with her husband during the war. 43K 257 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with George Singleton, who built a chain of cinemas in Glasgow in the 1930s. 43K 258 (V 1 BCMS) George Singleton continued. 43K 259 (V 1 BCMS) George Singleton continued. 43K 260 (V 1 BCMS) George Singleton continued. 43K 261 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Eddie Karling, stationed with the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) at Prestwick during the war, where he met his Scottish wife, Marion. 43K 262 (V 1 BCMS) Eddie Karling continued. 43K 263 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Marion Karling, wife of American airman, Eddie Karling. 43K 264 (V 1 BCMS) Eddie and Marion Karling continued. 43K 265 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jack Lewington, a Commando who trained at Achnacarry, the ancestral home of the Chiefs of Clan Cameron, and one of the models for the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. Interview with Roger Buyle, a Belgian Commando who trained at Achnacarry. 43K 266 (V 1 BCMS) In Fort William, a procession of service personnel, veterans and schoolchildren assemble in the churchyard of Dunstanburgh Church for a memorial service to the Commandos. Second sequence shows a memorial service at the Commando Memorial outside Spean Bridge. These services take place on an extremely wet day. VIEWED 43K 267 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Harry Sullivan, an Englishman who trained as a Commando at Achnacarry. 43K 268 (V 1 BCMS) Harry Sullivan continued. 43K 269 (V 1 BCMS) General views from various angles of the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. VIEWED 43K 270 (V 1 BCMS) Further memorial service scenes at the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge on a wet day for the Commandos killed and injured during the war (better shot than the sequence in 266). VIEWED 43K 271 (V 1 BCMS) Unveiling ceremony for the Polish War Memorial in Wellshill Cemetery, Perth, in the presence of the Polish ambassador ands the Polish Consul General for Scotland. Speech is made in English by Polish veteran (Leokadiusz Dopierala ?), followed by speeches and prayers in Polish. The unveiling, blessing, prayers and laying of wreaths. Views of graves in the Polish sector of the cemetery. VIEWED 43K 272 (V 1 BCMS) Further shots in Wellshill Cemetery, including close-ups of graves. Interview by the Polish War Memorial with "Leo" (Leokadiusz Dopierala, the veteran seen giving a speech in the previous tape. Reception after the ceremony. VIEWED 43K 273 (V 1 BCMS) General views of Glen Coe and surrounding area. Scenes in the village of Glencoe. Stags grazing. Views of Inverailort House. VIEWED 43K 274 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Janet MacLuckie, from Glencoe, who became a 'lumberjill' (a female lumberjack), who married an English Commando. 43K 275 (V 1 BCMS) Interior of Inverailort House, largely kept as it was during wartime. Lady Elizabeth Ross, who was stationed there during the war, visits and is shown around by another elderly lady (owner of the house?): she gives her impressions. The two ladies are also interviewed. VIEWED 43K 276 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Lady Elizabeth Ross, who served in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) at Lochailort and in the Far East. 43K 277 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Mrs Pauline Cameron-Head, an ambulance driver during the war. 43K 278 (V 1 BCMS) Views of Spean Bridge railway station. The shop of Raymond Hervo, war veteran and traditional cobbler; he is seen at work. Views of the highlands from a cable car at Nevis Ridge. VIEWED 43K 279 (V 1 BCMS) Exterior and interior views of Gordon's old department store on Glassford Street in Glasgow. Interior scenes at the store; Walter Gordon is interviewed in the store and discusses the original store's wartime accounts and experiences. The main part of the interview is audio only. (See tapes 61, 301 and 351 also) VIEWED 43K 280 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Mae Macintosh, who taught at a school in Glasgow during the war. 43K 281 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Tom Couper, who worked in Glasgow as a clothing manufacturer's agent during the war. 43K 282 (V 1 BCMS) Tom Couper continued. 43K 283 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Lachlan Mackinnon, a merchant seaman from the Hebrides, who served on the Atlantic and Russian convoys. 43K 284 (V 1 BCMS) Lachlan Mackinnon continued. 43K 285 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Susan Sinclair, who served with the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in North Africa as a cook. 43K 286 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with David Sinclair, a Scottish soldier who fought in the North African campaign, where he met his Scottish wife, Susan. 43K 287 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with May Nicolson, a shop worker from Glasgow who joined the ATS, and served in England, Belgium and Holland. 43K 288 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Andrew Macdonald, a keen amateur photographer who joined the army and served in Italy with the transport corps. 43K 289 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Pat Doran, who served with the WRNS at St Enoch Hotel in Glasgow, the navy's main administrative centre. 43K 290 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Tom Jackson, a merchant seaman from Glasgow who served on the Atlantic and Mediterranean convoys. 43K 291 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Margaret Hamilton, who joined the WRNS as a telegrapher, and was based near Broughty Ferry. 43K 292 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Wilkie, from Hamilton, who fought with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in Italy. 43K 293 (V 1 BCMS) John Wilkie continued. 43K 294 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Hilda Howden, from Yorkshire, who served with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) as a barrage balloon operator on the docks at Glasgow. 43K 295 (V 1 BCMS) Hilda Howden continued. 43K 296 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Irene Milne, from Edinburgh, who served with the WAAF in Egypt and Palestine. 43K 297 (V 1 BCMS) Irene Milne continued. 43K 298 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Louisa Harley, a Queen Alexandra Army Nurse in Alexandra Hospital in Singapore at the time of the Japanese invasion in 1942. Louisa was captured and imprisoned on the island of Sumatra for the remainder of the war. 43K 299 (V 1 BCMS) Louisa Harley continued. 43K 300 (V 1 BCMS) Louisa Harley continued. 43K 301 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Walter Gordon, the son of a Glaswegian department store owner (see tape 61 and 351 also) 43K 302 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jim Drummond, from Glasgow, who fought with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in Italy. 43K 303 (V 1 BCMS) Jim Drummond continued. 43K 304 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Danny Davidson, who trained as a Commando at Achnacarry. 43K 305 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Archie Smith, a merchant seaman from Glasgow who served on the Atlantic and Mediterranean convoys during the war. 43K 306 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Andrew MacDonald, a keen amateur photographer who served in the Royal Army Service Corps in the transport section in Italy. 43K 307 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Renee Weir, from Glasgow, who joined the ATS as a radar operator. 43K 308 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Betty Gibson, who served with the WRNS as telegrapher in Scapa Flow. 43K 309 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Lieutenant-Colonel Muriel Gibson, an SNP member and former office worker, who joined the army, serving in England and Italy (see tapes 144-145 also). 43K 310 (V 1 BCMS) Lieutenant-Colonel Muriel Gibson continued. 43K 311 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Flora Armstrong, from Glasgow, who served with the ATS in Italy as a cook. 43K 312 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Peggy Dalman, who served with the WRNS on the west coast of Scotland and married a Dutch sailor. 43K 313 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Euphemia Wood, from Glasgow, who served with Peggy Dalman in the WRNS. 43K 314 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Raymond Hervo, a French sailor from Brittany who fled to Scotland after France surrendered in 1940, and trained as a Commando at Achnacarry. 43K 315 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jean Hervo, a waitress from Glasgow who joined the WAAF, and married French Commando, Raymond Hervo. 43K 316 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Sir Donald Cameron, owner of Achnacarry house, the ancestral home of the Chiefs of Clan Cameron, used as a basic training centre to train Commandos during the war. 43K 317 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ronnie Williamson and Niall Thomson, who trained as Commandos at Achnacarry. 43K 318 (V 1 BCMS) Niall Thomson continued. 43K 319 (V 1 BCMS) Niall Thomson continued. 43K 320 (V 1 BCMS) Ronnie Williamson and Niall Thomson continued. 43K 321 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Peter Franklin, who served with the merchant navy during the war. 43K 322 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Angus Murray, Peter Franklin, John Lester and Derrick Cutcliffe, who served with the merchant navy during the war. The four men were on board the SS Richmond Castle when she was torpedoed by German U-boat, U-176, and sunk 700 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. They sailed for 600 miles in one of the ship's lifeboats with Angus, an experienced sailor from the Hebrides, at the helm, until they were picked up by British corvette, HMS Snowflake. 43K 323 (V 1 BCMS) Angus, Peter, John and Derrick continued. 43K 324 (V 1 BCMS) Peter Franklin continued. 43K 325 (V 1 BCMS) Scenes on the Isle of Lewis: Mangersta beach, lighthouse, quayside etc. VIEWED 43K 326 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with William Maclean, who joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) before the war, and was subsequently called up to serve with the Royal Navy during the war. 43K 327 (V 1 BCMS) William Maclean continued. 43K 328 (V 1 BCMS) General views of the Isle of Lewis including houses. Exterior views of Barras Church. VIEWED 43K 329 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Norman Smith, a soldier from Lewis, who served in the Reconnaissance Corps in Italy. 43K 330 (V 1 BCMS) Norman Smith continued, 43K 331 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Gillies, a merchant seaman from Lewis, captured by the Germans and held prisoner for five years. 43K 332 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Murdo Smith, who joined the RNVR in the 1930s and was called up to the Royal Navy during the war. 43K 333 (V 1 BCMS) Murdo Smith continued. 43K 334 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Roderick Morrison, who served with the Royal Navy on one of the destroyers responsible for the sinking of the Bismarck. 43K 335 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Connie MacDougall, from Glasgow, who served in the ATS. 43K 336 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Louise Wyatt, from Glasgow, who served in the ATS. 43K 337 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jim Patterson, a merchant seaman who served on the Atlantic and Russian convoys, besieged by U-boats. 43K 338 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with David Pryde, a merchant seaman who served on the Atlantic and Russian convoys. 43K 339 (V 1 BCMS) David Pryde continued. 43K 340 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Peter Paterson, who served with the Royal Scots Greys regiment in Palestine. 43K 341 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Patricia Walker, who ran a men's outfitter shop in Glasgow during the war. 43K 342 (V 1 BCMS) Patricia Walker continued. 43K 343 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Gilmour, who trained as a Commando at Glencoe, and fought in Greece. 43K 344 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ronnie Williamson, who trained as a Commando at Achnacarry. 43K 345 (V 1 BCMS) Ronnie Williamson continued. 43K 346 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Donald Gilchrist, who trained as a Commando at Achnacarry. 43K 347 (V 1 BCMS) Donald Gilchrist continued. 43K 348 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bill Haynes, an Englishman who joined the Royal Scots Greys in the Middle East as they converted from horses to tanks. 43K 349 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Len Binks, who served with the Royal Scots Greys in the Middle East as they converted from horses to tanks. 43K 350 (V 1 BCMS) Close-ups of mounted shots showing posed formal "family portraits" of commando groups undergoing training at Achnacarry. VIEWED 43K 351 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Walter Gordon, the son of a Glaswegian department store owner (see tapes 61 and 301 also) 43K 352 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jack Woodburn, a merchant seaman and engineer with the Clan Line during the war, who witnessed the sinking of HMS Audacity and HMS Stanley by German U-boats. 43K 353 (V 1 BCMS) Jack Woodburn continued. 43K 354 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Sir Denis Forman, an officer with the 51st Highland Division, who fought at Monte Cassino, losing a leg in battle. 43K 355 (V 1 BCMS) Sir Denis Forman continued. 43K 356 (V 1 BCMS) Sir Denis Forman continued. 43K 357 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jack Rowley, who trained Commandos at Achnacarry. 43K 358 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Andrew Brown, who served with the 51st Highland Division in Italy. 43K 359 (V 1 BCMS) Andrew Brown continued. 43K 360 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with David Coutts, who served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in Italy. 43K 361 (V 1 BCMS) David Coutts continued. 43K 362 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Alexander Robertson, who served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in Italy. 43K 363 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Gibson, who trained as a Commando at Achnacarry. 43K 364 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Hamish Taylor, who served with the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (51st Highland Division) in North Africa. 43K 365 (V 1 BCMS) Hamish Taylor continued. 43K 366 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Mae Macintosh, who taught at a school in Glasgow during the war (see tape 280 also). 43K 367 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bert Mitchell, a sergeant with the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in North Africa, sent to London to prepare for D-Day, and landed on Juno Beach on 6th June 1944. 43K 368 (V 1 BCMS) Bert Mitchell continued. 43K 369 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Reverend Charles Stuart, a padre with the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders at Normandy. 43K 370 (V 1 BCMS) Reverend Charles Stuart continued. 43K 371 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jock Rainnie, who fought with the 51st Highland Division in France and was wounded at St Valery in 1940, but recovered to fight in the North African campaign where he was captured and imprisoned until the war ended. 43K 372 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with James Glennie, who landed in France on D-Day with the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders aged just 18. 43K 373 (V 1 BCMS) James Glennie continued. Interview with Sandy McKenzie, who served with the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in North Africa and at Normandy after D-Day. 43K 374 (V 1 BCMS) Sandy McKenzie continued. 43K 375 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bill Paterson, who fought with the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in North Africa and at Normandy. 43K 376 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bill Cheyne, who served with the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in North Africa and in France after D-Day. 43K 377 (V 1 BCMS) Bill Cheyne continued. Interview with Sandy Grant, who fought with the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in North Africa and at Normandy. 43K 378 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with James Irvine, an officer with the 1/2nd Gordon Highlanders, who landed in France after D-Day, and fought in what became known as the Battle of the Scottish corridor in Normandy. 43K 379 (V 1 BCMS) James Irvine continued. 43K 380 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Miss Blackhall McPherson, sister of Sergeant Willie McPherson, who served with the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in the Normandy campaign. Interview with Anne Davidson, Sergeant Willie McPherson's niece. 43K 381 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with local man in Burghead (not named) about his experiences working the land during the war (he had been exempt from service). General views of coast and of Burghead. [NB Originally listed as “General views of the church and cemetery in Keith” but no shots of the church and cemetery are shown.]. VIEWED 43K 382 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with James Barclay, who fought with the King's Own Scottish Borderers in the Normandy campaign. 43K 383 (V 1 BCMS) James Barclay continued. Interview with Vic Campbell, who landed on Sword Beach on D-Day with the King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment. 43K 384 (V 1 BCMS) Vic Campbell continued. 43K 385 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Alec Wentworth, who landed in Juno Beach on D-Day with the Royal Artillery. 43K 386 (V 1 BCMS) Alec Wentworth continued. Interview with Walter Jennings, an officer in the Royal Navy, who landed in France on D-Day. 43K 387 (V 1 BCMS) Walter Jennings continued. 43K 388 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Gordon, a cameraman with the Army Film and Photographic Unit, who filmed scenes in and around Normandy after D-Day. 43K 388 (V 2 VHS) VHS viewing copy of above. 43K 389 (V 1 BCMS) John Gordon continued. 43K 389 (V 2 VHS) VHS viewing copy of above. 43K 390 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with George Duncan, an officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment, wounded in France at Cambes-en-Plaine. 43K 391 (V 1 BCMS) George Duncan continued. 43K 392 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Geoffrey McCreath, an officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers regiment, wounded in France at Cambes-en-Plaine. 43K 393 (V 1 BCMS) Geoffrey McCreath continued. 43K 394 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Peter Wild, a Commando who took part in the planning for D-Day by reporting on the conditions of the beaches around Normandy. 43K 395 (V 1 BCMS) Peter Wild continued. 43K 396 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with John Russell, a stretcher-bearer with the King's Own Scottish Borders regiment, wounded at Troarn after D-Day. 43K 397 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Alastair Pearson, a commander with the Highland Light Infantry, who parachuted into France at midnight on D-Day. 43K 398 (V 1 BCMS) Alastair Pearson continued. 43K 399 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with William (Bill) Boucher-Myers, a Commando captain who led the assault on the town of Flushing in Holland in November 1944. 43K 400 (V 1 BCMS) Bill Boucher-Myers continued. Interview with John Leese, a midshipman in the Royal Navy, who landed American soldiers on Utah beach from a landing craft tank (LCT) on D-Day. 43K 401 (V 1 BCMS) John Leese continued. 43K 402 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Archie McLean, a merchant seaman who served with the Royal Navy's rescue tug service, and helped build Mulberry Harbour. 43K 403 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Oliver Mather, a welder at Belshill engineering works who helped build sections of Mulberry Harbour. 43K 404 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jock Rainnie, who fought with the 51st Highland Division in France and was wounded at St Valery in 1940, but recovered to fight in the North African campaign where he was captured and imprisoned until the war ended (see tape 371). 43K 405 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Mary Cuthbertson, who appeared in a Ministry of Information film launching landing craft. 43K 406 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Sir Robert Grieve, a civil engineer who made a significant contribution to the planning process for the regeneration and development of Glasgow and surrounding areas in the immediate post-war years. 43K 407 (V 1 BCMS) Dramatised sequence (various takes) shot in the style of the interviews (head and shoulders, black background. Actor Ken McRae, in uniform, reads from diaries. Several takes (with and without tam o'shanter). The sequence is based on letters written during the Normandy campaign by Sergeant Willie McPherson of the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders. (ca 22 mins). VIEWED 43K 408 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Archie Toppin, a student from Glasgow who became an officer in the Indian army. 43K 409 (V 1 BCMS) Archie Toppin continued. 43K 410 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ken Kennett, a Commando who landed on Sword beach on D-Day as part of 4 Commando, and later took part in the assault on Flushing in November 1944. 43K 411 (V 1 BCMS) Ken Kennett continued. 43K 412 (V 1 BCMS) Various views of Dumbarton. 43K 413 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Sir Derek Lang, an adjutant with the Cameron Highlanders, 51st Highland Division, who was captured at St Valery and escaped to Palestine (see tapes 92 and 93 also). Interview with Mayor Jacques Couture, mayor of St Valery. 43K 414 (V 1 BCMS) Sir Derek Lang continued. Interview with Madame Savoye, former mayor of St Valery (see tape 93 also) 43K 415 (V 1 BCMS) Madame Savoye continued. 43K 416 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Ernie Bright, a Commando who landed in France on D-Day, and settled in France after the war with his French wife. 43K 417 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bill Millin, Lord Lovat's personal piper who piped the men of 1 Commando ashore at La Breche on D-Day. 43K 418 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Guy Lecluze, a piper with the Normandy Pipe Band. 43K 419 (V 1 BCMS) General views of Courseulles-sur-Mer, including tank and war memorial. Church. Scenes in Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery, including close-ups of individual graves. Beach and harbour scenes. VIEWED 43K 420 (V 1 BCMS) Scenes at St-Desir War Cemetery including close-ups of individual graves of British servicemen. Shots also of German graves at the separate St-Desir-de-Lisieux German War Cemetery. Canal. Brief scenes in Troarn. Scenes at Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, with close-ups of individual graves. Drive-through of Touffreville. VIEWED 43K 421 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with George Rodger, a photographer for 'Life' magazine during the war. 43K 422 (V 1 BCMS) George Rodger continued. 43K 423 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Jimmy George, who served with the Gordon Highlanders in the North African campaign. 43K 424 (V 1 BCMS) Jimmy George continued. Interview with Molly George, Jimmy George's wife. 43K 425 (V 1 BCMS) Shots of Sword Beach and scenes at Hermanville War Cemetery, with close-ups of individual graves. VIEWED 43K 426 (V 1 BCMS) Bernieres-sur-Mer, including "Juno Beach" scenes, Norman house (as seen in numerous WW2 shots), gun emplacements and fortifications, Churchill tank, signage, Ouistreham (post office, Eglise Saint-Samson). VIEWED 43K 427 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Domenico Chiocchetti, one of a group of Italian soldiers captured and imprisoned on the tiny Orkney of Lambsholm, who helped to convert two Nissan Huts into a chapel (see tape 107). Maria Chiocchetti, Domenico's wife, is also interviewed. 43K 428 (V 1 BCMS) Domenico Chiocchetti continued. 43K 429 (V 1 BCMS) Domenico Chiocchetti continued. 43K 430 (V 1 BCMS) Domenico Chiocchetti continued. 43K 431 (V 1 BCMS) Domenico Chiocchetti continued. 43K 432 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Bruno Volpi and Remigo Travante, Italian prisoners of war held on Orkney during the war. 43K 433 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Pietro Pineci, an Italian prisoner of war held on Orkney during the war. 43K 434 (V 1 BCMS) Interview with Vittorio Fabi, and Bruno Fugazzola, Italian prisoners of war held on Orkney during the war. 43K 435 (V 1 BCMS) Bruno Fugazzola continued.
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