British Pathe

C/U of a girl standing by a garden wall in Scotland, surrounded by snow and putting on her skis. M/Ss as her father comes out of the house looking at his watch, helps her to put her satchel on her back, and waves goodbye to her as she sets off to school; we pan with her as she skis down the street....

C/U of a girl standing by a garden wall in Scotland, surrounded by snow and putting on her skis. M/Ss as her father comes out of the house looking at his watch, helps her to put her satchel on her back, and waves goodbye to her as she sets off to school; we pan with her as she skis down the street. She meets a friend at the bottom of a hill and they ski off together past a row of gothic-looking houses. It looks like a bright, clear day.

Nice M/S of a group of children skiing down a snow-covered street towards the camera; we pan right with them to see another group of children coming down an adjoining street to meet them, then pan right again as they all ski past a small petrol station (sign says 'Vauxhall Shaw Brothers Bedford'). M/Ss as they ski along the street; there are large amounts of snow cleared to the sides of the streets. M/S of the school, panning left to show children arriving at the gates; C/U as they take off their skis and stack them against the wall then M/S as they run through the gates to school.

M/S of a herd of long-haired Highland cattle (Aberdeen Angus?) grazing on hay strewn on a snow-covered field. C/Us of two of them walking about and grazing. L/S and M/S of a herd of sheep running down a snowy hill with a shepherd carrying a staff with a dog at rear.

M/S of a poor sheep stuck in a deep snowdrift; tilt up to show the shepherd coming down a hill to rescue it. C/U of the unidentified dog watching. M/S of the shepherd reaching for the sheep who panics a bit and backs away; he grabs hold of the sheep's front legs, lifts it onto his back and walks off up the hill with it. It's quite a huge sheep - looks pretty heavy! C/U of the dog again. M/S as the shepherd reaches the top of the hill with the sheep; he puts it down and it slips a little way but is lifted onto its feet by the shepherd and runs off. We hear a little "Baa!" on the soundtrack.

Note: print used for transfer is quite scratched; part of the mute neg is cut for this story. Nice snow scenes, especially when the children are skiing.