:21:00
if it drives a strong, hardy,
independent people
:21:03
back from the outposts
to live in towns?"
:21:06
(Dialogue)... you spoke
for half the island
:21:08
when you're not two days back from
the very boats that have ruined us!
:21:11
Three months' work
and £63 to show for it.
:21:14
Shillings is what I'd be showing
if I'd stayed on Hirta.
:21:16
- Och, you're no son o' mine.
- Don't take it so hard, Peter, man.
:21:20
The boy's just said
what had to be said.
:21:23
Men we must have,
and where are we going to get them?
:21:26
Oh, this tale o' Robbie's has been
in my mind for a long while.
:21:30
Now, if we was to petition
the Government,
:21:33
there's little doubt
we'd get free transportation...
:21:37
(Christie) The decision
about the future of the island
:21:40
is going to be made not by a vote,
in this parliament,
:21:43
but by a contest:
:21:45
The prowess
of two rival champions,
:21:49
the two sons of the two families,
:21:52
who take opposing views.
:21:54
Robbie and Andrew
will race, following tradition,
:21:57
to the top of the cliff
:21:59
and whoever wins, that will be
the community's decision.
:22:04
- I can see no objection.
- Down to the boats!
:22:07
Come on, then!
:22:13
(Christie) Making a film like this,
:22:16
on an incredibly remote island,
was very, very difficult.
:22:20
There was no possibility
of flying anything in.
:22:22
It was difficult even to get
supplies and personnel in by boat,
:22:28
because Foula had
a very difficult harbour.
:22:31
So everything that they needed
had to be brought
:22:35
and anything that
had to be brought in later
:22:38
or any emergency
that occurred on the island
:22:40
necessitated a difficult
and quite dangerous trip to Lerwick.
:22:44
This was film making
absolutely on the edge.
:22:49
(Dialogue) I'll lose you both!
:22:51
(Schoonmaker-Powell)
Of course, for film makers,
:22:54
the fact that you can't see
your dailies is terrifying.