"Culloden" - directed by Peter Watkins - 1 of 3 excerpts

Clip from Peter Watkins' 1964 drama-documentary on the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The opening is from the BBC season of programmes marking the 250th anniversary of the 1745-1746 Jacobite Rebellion.

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[swollower]

Did the Scots invade two or three times.I know that they got nearly as far as Derby once. From what I have read if they had fought together instead of against each other they may of changed history!

[StonehavenFan]

@swollower See Wikipedia article on The Jacobite Rebellions

[consolamentum]

Do these excerpts make up the full documentary? I've been meaning to see it for a while but it's really difficult to come by.

[StonehavenFan]

@consolamentum Not remotely. It was 75 minutes

[bigboaby555]

a typical version of the BRITISH Broadcasting Centre making a programme about Scottish history that is completely swayed in favour of the British.

[StonehavenFan]

@bigboaby555

I think you mean in favour of the English...

[gert83]

Rubbish. Scotland retained a medieval feudal system well into the 18th century, and the loyalty of individual clans did not divide itself according to nationality.

There were many gaelic speaking, probably catholic clansmen fighting for the government both at Culloden and in the lengthy Guerilla conflict leading up to it.

[AlRStewart]

This 'Docu-Drama' was ground breaking for its time in terms of its approach to visual storytelling within TV drama, and I have no idea how it is 'completely swayed in favour of the English'. Peter Watkins not only shows the suffering caused by the English army, but also the beginnings of the the destruction of Highland Clans. It mainly shows how incompetent Prince Charles was at leading them.

It was made mainly as a comment on the Vietnam war that was raging on at the time.

[GILLEBRATH]

Peter Watkins,shows his obvious distain of scottish people in his narrative,the aftermath of Colloden was shamful murder,rape and a disgrace to the English ,revege and hate still reverberates in this portrayal by Watkins.Badmouthing these brave Scottish Highlanders is in bad taste

[USAsoldier1955]

Weren't there any Anti-Jacobite Scots with the British Regulars?

[rofflemows2]

i REALLY love this film...it was ahead of its time! parts like 2:06, for example..."interviewing" the Jacobites, it reminds me of "Battlefield Britain" (also an awesome show). this "journalistic" approach is very cool and adds a bit of realism...

[rofflemows2]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH you're right dude, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and colonizing aren't merely white european offenses...they happen all over the world...the Scots were just another "tribal" people put to the sword by Imperialists....and of course they had Scottish folks aiding them O.o

[DrinkToIreland]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH aye we campbells helped duke of cumberland win the war. BUT we did not assist in the murder, rape, and pillage that the english soldiers did partake in. A wounded jacobite was ordered to be executed by cumberland to a campbell leutenant (sorry bout the spelling) and he refused and said he would rather be hanged. So Cumberland got a english private to do it

[gaconnochie]

@ma049 supported the Pretender despite of his religion - not because of it.

[gaconnochie]

@ma049 "You perhaps underestimate the enmity between Catholic/pro-Stuart Scots and Presbyterian Scots" You can't divide it into Catholic v Protestant as far as Scotland goes. There weren't enough Catholics in Scotland to be a real threat themselves. In the Jacobite Rebellions there were Catholics out the bulk of the Scottish Jacobites were Protestants. They were non-juring Episcopalians - that is Scottish Anglicans who refused to accept the Presbyterian settlement in Scotland. They supported

[mcwolfus]

@japanesehighlander Thats funny, because I remember the exact same clip in th 70s. I alway remember the screaming boy, I must been very young because thought it was actual footage! But I thought thought boy was shot.

[japanesehighlander]

I first watched this film when I was 8 back in 1981. After watching this, war and soldiers was no long glorifing for me. I can never forget the scence where the boy can't stop screaming because he's so scared.