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From the Hebrides to Cape Breton

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

281320

Titre de la série :

Between Ourselves

Niveau hiérarchique :

Pièce (Niveau acquisition)

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

281320

Genre de documents :

Documents sonores

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Films, vidéos et enregistrements sonores

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Notice descriptive – Détails

Fonds/collection :

MCNEIL, Bill

No d'acquisition :

1998-0091

Support :

Enregistrement sonore

Partie :

1 of 1

Date de diffusion :

1973-12-28

Compagnie de production :

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Générique (équipe de production) :

producer/script/host/interviewer, Bill McNeil; executive producer, Robert Weaver; announcer, Earl Cameron

Description :

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Radio documentary about the Scots heritage in Nova Scotia and similarities of life and culture in Scotland. Host Bill McNeil talks about his family roots in Cape Breton, particularly Baddeck, Ingonish and Glace Bay. He also traces Scots history, starting with the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745 at the Battle of Culloden, the harsh treatment suffered by the Scots supporters of Prince Charles after the defeat, the actions by the victors to crush the Highlanders, the destruction of the social structure of the Highlanders and the loss of power by the chieftains and their adoption of English ways, the rise of absentee landlords, the clearing of the settlers from the Highlands because it was cheaper to raise sheep, and the immigration by the evicted Highlanders to Canada, particularly Cape Breton. Interspersed with McNeil's commentary are traditional songs, music, and Gaelic speech.~Stephen Rory MacNeil of Iona, curator of a highland village museum now being built in Cape Breton, speaks about the history of the early settlers. His ancestors were cleared off the Isle of Barra as were Bill McNeil's. McNeil also visits Barra, the first of his family to go back for a visit in 200 years, where he tries to trace his family tree and find living relatives. He speaks to some MacNeils and Barra residents who still speak Gaelic. Also included are sounds of a Ceilidh of Scots music and song, an interview of Father McLellan about church records of ancestors, the stories handed down over the years about the Highland clearances, concerns shared by the people of Barra and of Cape Breton about the loss of the Gaelic language and the importance of teaching Gaelic, the declining economy in both places, and the push for more power to control local economies. Also interviewed is a woman from Barra who retired to a crofter's cottage on Barra and of a 90-year-old man from Baddeck about the love for the land. Mary Morrison, age 82, sings a waulking song, a song Scots women sang when they were pounding newly-woven cloth soaked in sheep's urine in order to shrink it. McNeil speaks to Isobel MacAulay of St. Ann's Gaelic College about the similarities of accents on Barra and Cape Breton. McNeil talks about the courses taught at the college to keep Scots culture alive, including the Gaelic language, dance and music. Mahor Calum MacLeod, Head of the Faculty of Gaelic at Saint Francis-Xavier University in Antigonish, about the only degree-granting course in Celtic studies in North America. The documentary also includes a recording of a waulking song as handed down in Cape Breton. <57mn>

Langue :

English

Détails de l'inventaire :

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No. de voûte (ISN) :

317320

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

1998-0091/092

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

R/R

Description technique :

POLY

Durée :

56:30

Tiré de :

DEPOSIT

Statut :

ORIG
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Conditions d'accès :

Libre

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with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions Copyright on CBC broadcasts belongs to the CBC. Copyright on pre-broadcast interviews belongs to Bill McNeil. Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.Copyright on CBC broadcasts belongs to the CBC.Copyright on pre-broadcast interviews belongs to Bill McNeil.Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.

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