:54:00
(Schoonmaker-Powell)
Bill Paton, a solid Shetlander,
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whom Michael Powell discovered
on this film,
:54:06
and who would then become
Michael's right-hand
:54:09
during the rest
of his filming career
:54:12
was born and raised in this town.
:54:14
(Dialogue) He was.
:54:16
I'm glad to meet one of his folks,
so to speak.
:54:18
I'm glad I met you, Skipper.
:54:21
- I've a letter for you.
- You have?
:54:24
Aye. One of these little mail boats.
:54:27
I picked him up last Wednesday
off Sunborough Head.
:54:29
- Where is it?
- Back at the "damn trawler".
:54:33
(Both chuckle)
:55:02
(Christie)
It's thanks to mechanised fishing
:55:07
that Andrew will be able
to respond to the message,
:55:11
because while the primitive means
of sending mail in a tiny boat
:55:15
is pure chance,
:55:17
it's only with an engine behind him
:55:20
that Andrew will be able
to get to Foula in time
:55:24
to hopefully save
his and Ruth's child.
:55:28
So we see the ship being stoked.
:55:31
This is really like an image
from one of those
:55:35
Grierson documentaries
of the 1930s.
:55:38
We could almost be
in a film like Coal Face,
:55:41
or one of the other, one of the many
fishing films made at this time.
:55:45
It's interesting how Powell manages
to drop into a documentary idiom
:55:50
and then move out of it
:55:52
when the drama of the film
needs to be reasserted.