The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric (1934)

Director:

Jenny Gilbertson

Writers:

Jenny Gilbertson (story), Aline Gordon (story)

Stars:

John Gilbertson, Philip Godfrey, Enga Stout

Cast

Credited cast:
John Gilbertson
Philip Godfrey	...	Narrator
Enga Stout

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

shetlands

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Genres:

Short

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1934 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Shetland, Scotland, UK

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

56 min 43 min (sound) 56 min (silent)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Visatone Marconi)

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Great film - now at last available on VHS!

This is an excellent film of a Scotland that has long since disappeared. Hard to find on VHS, but Amazon in the United Kingdom are now selling, copies. Well worth buying.

In 'The Rugged Island' a crofting couple living on the Shetland Isles are faced with choosing a new future overseas or staying just where they are. The VHS tape also contains the film 'Eriskay', which features the people of the Hebrides during the summer of 1934.

These old Scottish non-fiction shorts are an extraordinary way of looking back at a bygone age, history (almost) in the raw, and a world that might almost be another planet from a 21st century point-of-view.