A film showing life on a a croft at Silwick, Skeld; revealing a tantalising glimpse into a past way of life that was still current into the 1960s and 1970s. There is a variety of visual data that will be of interest to historians, researchers and academics. Some footage is overexposed.
Donated by the Miller family.
| 00:00:00 | Nigel Miller in a pram being pushed by Laurence Miller. A Child waving at the camera. |
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| 00:00:27 | View of Gardie House on Bressay, over a dry stane dyke in Lerwick. Camera moves across to take in the back of the Bruce Hostel at the Anderson High School. |
| 00:00:33 | View of a croft house at Silwick, Skeld. Children run up to the building. |
| 00:00:38 | Man scything in front of a thatched roof building with skylight. |
| 00:00:41 | Old woman and young girl come out of house, young boy in shorts and t-shirt. |
| 00:00:49 | Girl pretends to kick boy and smiles at him |
| 00:00:51 | Other people come out of the house, including Jean Miller holding baby Nigel. |
| 00:00:53 | Young boy carrying small suitcase and Shetland jumper and woman carrying a baby. |
| 00:01:02 | Man and elderly woman go back inside the croft house. |
| 00:01:05 | Girl and toddler lying on the grass outside, a car goes by on the road behind. |
| 00:01:17 | Clothes hanging outside on a line, small child’s trike lying in the grass. |
| 00:01:27 | Girl and toddler lying on the grass outside. |
