Snow blizzard in Scotland in 1947

Shots of Kirkintilloch during a winter snowfall; its streets, park and boatyard on the Forth and Clyde Canal.

The clip is from The Scottish Screen Archive collection. For more information about this film including details of how to obtain a copy please follow this link
http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=1070

The Scottish Screen Archive holds thousands of films and videos from Scotland's 20th-century history. The archive contains everything from home movies and advertisements to educational films and documentaries. There are films detailing technical processes and others showing the imagination and innovation of Scottish film-makers over the years. http://www.nls.uk/ssa/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• scotland
• scottish
• snow
• weather
• bad
• blizzard
• kirkintilloch
• canal
• forth
• clyde
• boatyard
• boats
• terrible
• ice
• icy
• slippy

[gruntlesnoot]

This is wonderful!

[gilpy74]

amazing love old footage like this. kirky looks so village like

[BillDFC]

1947....now that was a winter. Imagine the headlines if we had that weather now!

[sammyspitty]

Awesome

[LiamMcFaddenSongs]

Born and bred in Kirkie, I find this fascinating. Haunting, even.