"Culloden" - directed by Peter Watkins - 2 of 3 excerpts

Clip from Peter Watkins' 1964 drama-documentary on the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

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[thomchak]

Any chance of uploading the whole feature?

[StonehavenFan]

I think the BBC might object, although the British Film Institute have DVD rights. It seems to be out of stock - certainly it is at Amazon.

[6925319]

culloden was a military clusterfuck ,they march all night to nairne then return line up in a straight line to get killed.

[gratefultiger]

Watched it again last night nothing has changed with me after over 40 years still a masterpiece considering what watkins had to work with.

[oarfrost]

@toppguun "that's the only way to defeat highland warrior with cannons!!"

Not quite. The government artillery was rather ineffective do to the soft ground. The Jacobites real problem was that they had won the two previous battles. At Prestonpans and Falkirk they had charged and the enemy had fled. Reasonably enough, they expected the same thing to happen at Culloden.

But it didn't. In most cases Cumberland's men stood their ground and mowed the Jacobites down.

[McAndy89]

@mrleedra yes it was

[toppguun]

 that's the only way to defeat highland warrior with cannons!!

[MrJekyllandhyde1]

it is available on play.com on dvd for about 50 pounds,quite expensive but,top documentry

[ThaBarbarian82]

@crematio - Hope this helps..."The History of the Chisholms" by Alexander Mackenzie; pg. 65

There were actually two brothers of Roderick Og on Cumberland's side at Culloden and they had the rank of Captain.

[mrleedra]

Does anyone know if footage from this film was used in Robert MacNeil's documentary series on the English language?

[MrMattbassman]

A masterpiece that was viewed as politically dangerous at the time hence how little it has been seen. This subject is still delicate to this day.

[suzanneetmoi]

@6925319 It was no different than at Gettysburg- flat land and brothers on either side of the lines. Blunders all, and many brave men killed for nothing....

[hessianbob]

you want the page number too. the director of this film used john prebble's book as information for this flick. suck it smarty pants...

[hibeesFTQ]

don't suppose you've got the 2 parts about the irish brigade lads who saved the highlanders by covering the rear? the only unit to suffer 100% killed wounded or captured that day.

theres an interview with one, and a small part about their rearguard action.

thanks for uploading!