Whisky Galore!
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- 1949
- 80 min
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Northwest of Scotland
on the broad expanse of the Atlantic
Outer Hebrides
small scattered patches of sand and rock
rising out of the ocean.
To the west there is nothing,
except America.
The inhabitants scrape a frugal living
from the sea, the sand
and the low lying hills of coarse
grass and peat bog
A happy people
with few and simple pleasures!
The little island of Todday is a
completely isolated community
a hundred miles from the mainland.
a hundred miles from the nearest
cinema or dancehall
But the islanders know how to enjoy themselves
- they have all that they need
But in 1943,
disaster overwhelmed this little island
Not famine nor pestilence
Nor Hitler's bombs,
or the hordes of an invading army
But something far, far worse!
There is no whisky!
Whisky - Uisge Beatha
in Gaelic they call it "The Water of Life"
And, to a true islander,
Life without it is not worth living.
From that day every man went
into mourning
Mourning for a departed spirit!
He went terrible quick at the end.
What was I to do?
chock full of nothing
Do you think Winston Churchill
will be knowing that the government
has run out of whisky?
I don't believe he will
It is a pity he will not be saying something
about it on the wireless.
Aye. It's a terrible war right enough!
Do you remember the sabbath,
the day the war started?
Nobody on the island could mind such a storm of rain.
It was a sign.
A sign of what was coming to us.
Water
Just nothing but water.
Ah well. I must be going.
I could have done with a dram myself this evening.
I've had a terrible shock.
- What was that?
- You'd better be asking George here
What have you been doing to Joseph?
What did she say?
She said "yes"
Is that the mails ready?
Yes father
Sticklips and cigarettes.
Your mother would have more sense!
You'll not have to worry about me much longer.
You're not married yet.
Are you not going down to the pier?
Why would I?
I thought this was the day your Sergeant is arriving
My Sergeant?
I don't know what you are talking about.
There it is! Tightest little island in the world!
You'll be finding a few changes, Sergeant!
You've been away from us for some time.
Two years, three months.
Well, well! Is it as long as that?
In Africa, eh?
That's right
Africa. Now that is a place I have never been.
Ah well. They'll be glad to see you back.
Do you think so?
Aye. The Home Guard amusements are not the same
without you
I hear they've been getting a bit stale lately
That's Captian Waggett's nonsense.
Surely it's up to you constable?
You know:
"the long arm of the law"You must insist on Captain MacKechnie taking
those boxes of ammunition back to the mainland.
Doesn't he know there's a war on?
He says it is aboard of trade regulation.
What time's this other boat expected?
I do not think it will be expected at all
Mr Waggett
What is it dear?
I'm going down to the pier
You look worried.
Captain MacKechnie refuses to take
the ammunition back when the mails' onboard
But he always has the mails onboard hasn't he dear?
Exactly.
I was not really expecting anything.
I just came down in case there was a chance.
I'll be getting back to my boat, Joseph.
You'll be waiting for the mails?
Just a lot of letters for nothing.
Well how's yourself Mr. Macroon?
None too well, Sergeant, none too well.
Oh I'm sorry to hear that!
Nothing wrong with the family I hope?
Peggy and Catriona I mean.
And what would be wrong with them?
They're fine, just fine.
Both of them smoking away like two chimneys.
One of them thinks she's going to marry herself.
- Peggy?
- I believe it will be
What are you saying Joseph?
It's Catriona that is going to marry George Campbell.
Aye, Maybe it is.
Well that's great news!
Something like that it!
Amn't I after telling you dozen times, Mr Waggett,
that I cannot accept explosives on this ship!
Captain MacKechnie it is my duty to see that I am in a state of full defence.
How can I defend myself if my cartridges
do not fit my rifles?
It would be a bit awkward, right enough.
Awkward? It's more than awkward!
This kind of thing lead to the full of France.
A rule is a rule and a regulation is a regulation.
The ammunition arrived on the Island Queen!
Yes Yes, but Captain MacKechnie did not know then
that they was explosives.
If I had known I'd have never have brought them.
Don't you understand that I cannot get any.300
ammunition from ordinance
until this.303 gets back?
I had a wire from Obaig this morning.
- Can I be of any help sir?
- No!
Would it be all the same
if you sent back the.300
rifles and kept the.303 ammunition?
Then you could ask them to send the.300 rifles
so that we could use...
It would not be the same thing at all!
I'd rather have rifle and no ammunition
than ammunition and no rifles.
If I could make a suggestion, sir, we
could leave the stuff at Mr Macroon's shop.
Then you could take it up with Headquarters.
Not without a guard!
Now, finish of your compositions, children.
Don't make too much noise.
Is there anything the matter, mother?
To think that I should be hearing from others
that my own son is going to be married!
George Campbell, is this true?
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