0:00:03 > 0:00:07For over 100 years, the people of Scotland have been filming ...
0:00:07 > 0:00:09themselves.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- It takes you right back.- It does, actually, it's lovely.- Crumbs.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- A lot of good memories.- Oh, yeah.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18- Goodness.- Wonderful.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20It's a little bit of magic.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26Across generations, home movies have recorded the ordinary,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29as well as the great moments of life.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31From our first steps...
0:00:32 > 0:00:34..to our furthest travels.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Today, we take for granted the ability to record our lives
0:00:39 > 0:00:42on tiny digital cameras and mobile phones.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46But in this series we look back to the golden age of home movies,
0:00:46 > 0:00:52shot on cine film by our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- Wow.- Wow.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I don't remember ever seeing this before.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Unearthed from attics and cupboards across the country,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09home movies from the 1920s to the 1980s
0:01:09 > 0:01:13tell an alternative history of Scotland.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26MUSIC: Calcutta by Lawrence Welk
0:01:33 > 0:01:37In this episode, we look back to the 1960s and '70s.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41After all the post-war hardships,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45there was a sense that anything was possible in the '60s.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48It's one small step for man,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51one giant leap for mankind.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55It was a truly dynamic period in British history.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Revolutions in youth culture, music and fashion
0:01:59 > 0:02:01transformed the look and feel of the country.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07By this time, home movie-making was a cultural phenomenon,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10with people from all walks of life taking up the hobby.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Recently, Dave Broderick found his father's old cine films
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and had them transferred so he could watch them again.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Not 100% sure what we're going to see, actually,
0:02:23 > 0:02:24to tell you the truth.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Dave and his cousin Alison
0:02:26 > 0:02:29haven't seen these films for over 40 years.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Ah, that's my mum.- Your mum.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- That's my mum and dad. - And there's your mum and dad.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- THEY LAUGH - Brilliant.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Both with a cigarette in their hand. - Smoking, yeah.- Yeah.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Dad was always into his cine-filming when we were growing up.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Unfortunately, I don't think we're going to see an awful lot of him
0:02:48 > 0:02:51in these films, cos it's him that's usually behind the camera, isn't it?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52That was probably his plan.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Yeah, that was probably his plan. Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Now we're in Dundee.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- On the Fife.- That's the boat, yeah. - That's on the Fife,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06the ferry that used to go across from Newport to Dundee.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07To Dundee, yeah.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Before the bridge was built.- Mm-hm.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16What is he like?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23# Sunny days chase the night... #
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Another fag in his mouth. - The smoking is crazy, yeah.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Look at them singing. That's them singing.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34They're singing My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35THEY LAUGH
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Can remember them doing that when we...when we were there. Look.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41What are they like?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46# A new day is born... #
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Dundee was a boom town in the early 1960s,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52and employment was high.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55The arrival of new multinational companies
0:03:55 > 0:03:58was a boost to the city's more traditional industries.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Dave's mum worked at Keiller's, the marmalade factory.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07God.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Mum as a bride-to-be.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Looks like she was getting paraded through the streets of Dundee.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Yeah, that's what used to happen.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19You got dressed up and took home, that was the fake wedding.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Ah, right.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23THEY LAUGH
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Ah, look at that. My mum in her wedding dress.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- She looks dead young there. - Yeah, doesn't she?
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I don't remember ever seeing this before.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45I wonder who was in charge of the camera that day?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Aye, I don't know, I hope it wasnae Dad.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50I wouldn't have put it past him, right enough.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51THEY LAUGH
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- Look at those dresses, wow.- Wow.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00(That's me.)
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Is that you?!- That's me. - Is that you?- Yeah!
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- With my wee blue suit on.- Bless.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09There's Dad.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Bet she's saying, "Come on, let's get a drink."
0:05:13 > 0:05:14ALISON LAUGHS
0:05:18 > 0:05:23Mum died of a, er, complication of lung cancer.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I was only, er...15.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I remember her as being very full of life -
0:05:29 > 0:05:32she was the one who wanted to party all the time,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34for the want of a better phrase.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Dad brought us up, gave up a lot of his life for us, I suppose.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41I'm sure he would have liked to live his life out with his wife
0:05:41 > 0:05:45and retire as anybody else did and, you know, grow old.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47But that wasn't to be.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Dave's early childhood
0:05:59 > 0:06:02was spent in the soot-covered tenements of west Dundee.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07New opportunities in education, technology and housing
0:06:07 > 0:06:11were being designed to break up the formal and rigid social structures.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14According to Prime Minister Harold Wilson,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17this was the dawn of a classless society.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24That'll be me, then, with lots of gingerness going on there, I notice.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25ALISON LAUGHS
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Not so much... Not so much now!
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Yeah, bright red cheeks and gingerness.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Very happy childhood.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Lots of laughing.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50The confidence of the era filtered down to its children.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59All over Scotland, free-range kids were given space and time
0:06:59 > 0:07:02to explore the world at their own pace.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09There's me and Mum.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11A very proud mother.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15In the early 1960s,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Ewan Jeen filmed the arrival of his daughter, Sandy.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22"First flirtation"?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Look who it is. Angus Sprott.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Sandy Jeen!- Oh, no, how old was I?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Just months, months. - Not old enough, my dear.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Eurgh, yuck! Eurgh!
0:07:32 > 0:07:33THEY LAUGH
0:07:35 > 0:07:39A few years later, Sandy was joined by her sister, Debbie.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Their father continued filming
0:07:42 > 0:07:44throughout their idyllic childhood in Bearsden.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50It's quite funny, looking back at us, cos we're actually quite cute.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54I... I just can't really believe it's you and I, as little girls.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- Just a few years down the road. - Just a few years.- Not too many.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Oh, there's the dog.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01They were great dogs.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- We were left on beaches alone with those dogs.- That's right.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Whilst Mum and Dad were away on the water somewhere.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09That's right.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14The 1960s were a great time to be a kid.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- There's Mum in her wee car. - The car.- Wee Mini Clubman.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- Jam-packed to the gunnels. - That's right.- Everything was in it.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Parenting was becoming looser,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29and lifestyles were beginning to evolve around leisure.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33I do remember that, I remember the times,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36just feeling quite happy, quite relaxed.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Quite safe.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42A much more relaxed way of life compared to now.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Yes, totally different.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Yes, watching this, I just feel like I'm actually there.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Yes, totally.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I'm just waiting for Mum or Dad to turn round.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- I know. I wish they were here. - Totally.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- Puppets!- Wee legs are just dangling away.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57THEY LAUGH
0:08:57 > 0:09:01When we look back at that, it's just magic fun and I just get...
0:09:01 > 0:09:03such a tickle out of it all the time.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- I love it, I could watch it every day.- Uh-huh.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07It's marvellous.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08And it's a little bit of magic.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21# Have yourself a merry little Christmas... #
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Wonderful.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26# Let your hearts be light... #
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Oh, Sandy, do you remember the elephant?- Oh, the elephant.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- Look at that. The first powered toy. - That's right.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I don't think these toys would go down very well now, would they?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37THEY LAUGH
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Here's the crocodile.- These are just all wind-up toys, you know.
0:09:43 > 0:09:49# Have yourself a merry little Christmas
0:09:50 > 0:09:55# Make the Yuletide gay... #
0:09:55 > 0:10:01Children had never had it so good, especially when it came to toys.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04The 1960s brought Easy-Bake Ovens, Barbie dolls,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Etch A Sketch, and Scalextric.
0:10:08 > 0:10:14# Once again, as in olden days
0:10:14 > 0:10:17# Happy golden days... #
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Christmas morning became one of the most featured events
0:10:20 > 0:10:22in Scotland's home movies.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27# Faithful friends who are dear to us
0:10:27 > 0:10:33# Will be near to us once more
0:10:35 > 0:10:37# Someday soon... #
0:10:37 > 0:10:39THEY LAUGH
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Barrie Wolgemuth and her family
0:10:43 > 0:10:46found a special use for their Christmas home movies.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50My sister has lived in Canada for many years,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54and they weren't able to come backwards and forwards
0:10:54 > 0:10:56because it cost so much.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01So any family celebration my dad filmed.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07In an early form of Skyping, the home movies were sent to Canada,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10so family over there could share in the festivities.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15That must have meant such a lot to her -
0:11:15 > 0:11:17you know, being away - and it was a way of her seeing them.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- That's what all the waving is about. - Mm-hm. Mm-hm.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34What I remember is being part of a family.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41It's good to be able to look back on this to see not just a photograph,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- you can actually see the expressions.- That's right.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Is this your 21st?- Mm-hm.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51THEY LAUGH
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- There's you, Mum, with Uncle John. - Yeah.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- I cannot remember much about it. - Look, conga!- Yeah.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- And that's you. - SHE LAUGHS
0:12:04 > 0:12:05# Look at 'em sway with it
0:12:05 > 0:12:06# Gettin' so gay with it
0:12:06 > 0:12:08# Shoutin' "Ole!" with it - wow! #
0:12:09 > 0:12:11They had a sit-down meal.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- We had a sit-down meal followed by a conga.- By a conga.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17THEY LAUGH
0:12:17 > 0:12:22You just didn't think of renting a venue for these things.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24# Mambo, Papa
0:12:24 > 0:12:25# Mama loves mambo
0:12:25 > 0:12:27# Mambo, Mama
0:12:27 > 0:12:29# Don't let her rumba and don't let her samba
0:12:29 > 0:12:34# Cos Papa loves the mambo tonight! #
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Oh, phew! Glad that's over. Knackered now.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44'60s parties may have a reputation for sex, drugs and rock and roll,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47but for the average Scottish family
0:12:47 > 0:12:49they were a much more traditional affair.
0:12:49 > 0:12:55# I'm yearning for my Hebridean island... #
0:12:55 > 0:12:56All the songs.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- We knew all the words, we still know all the words.- Yes.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02People don't do that now, it's such a shame that they don't do that.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Any minute now, we'll be having Tobermory Bay and Westering Home.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Bonnie Mary Of Argyle.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Oh, yes, that's it, them all.
0:13:12 > 0:13:19# I long for Mull and Tobermory Bay... #
0:13:19 > 0:13:22MUSIC: Melodie d'Amour by Lawrence Welk
0:13:28 > 0:13:32With the arrival of smaller and easier-to-load cameras,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34you could now make movies anywhere you chose to go.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Even though travelling abroad was becoming more accessible,
0:13:40 > 0:13:44for most people, holidays at home were still the norm.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- These were the big family holidays, weren't they?- Mm-hm.- Butlins.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06See, I remember being there.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09I remember that, I remember that - being on those chutes.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17- I remember those pools in Butlins. Freezing cold.- Freezing.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- An outdoor pool in Ayr. - Yeah, why wouldn't you, eh?- Yeah.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Granny and Aunt Jessie would always be ready,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32just standing at the edge of the beach, ready with great big towels.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34All wrapped up, scarves round their head,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37and they've got their coats and their collars up.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- Tightly gathered round. - Wrapped up like it's winter.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42And we're in our bathing costumes. Honestly!
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- We got about, didn't we?- We did.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Scotland was good to be in on holiday.- Certainly was.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- The views are stunning.- Yeah.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Oh, no! - THEY LAUGH
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Jammed your rollers in!
0:15:08 > 0:15:10As a Christmas present for her mum,
0:15:10 > 0:15:16Danielle Brunton had her father's old cine films transferred onto DVD.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Mum Maureen remembers how her husband loved filming.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22About '70, '71, Dave started making these films.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25He just loved gadgets and he loved cameras.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27MUSIC: Summer Breeze by The Isley Brothers
0:15:27 > 0:15:29One of the first things Dave filmed
0:15:29 > 0:15:32was a camping holiday in the north of Scotland.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37They were joined by Maureen's sister and her family.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40That's Rab and me.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42That's Dave.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- Nice short shorts.- Yes.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46That's me. I'm waving.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49# Summer breeze
0:15:49 > 0:15:52# Makes me feel fine... #
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- Oh, look how high they climbed.- Mm.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57You can see us down there.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58In the lay-by.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Oh, see - we had a silver teapot, we were posh!
0:16:04 > 0:16:06THEY LAUGH
0:16:06 > 0:16:08# Makes me feel fine... #
0:16:09 > 0:16:12That was '75?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- Oh, it was '76. - '76. That was a really hot summer.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- What...? - THEY LAUGH
0:16:18 > 0:16:21CHANTING
0:16:22 > 0:16:25If the '60s seemed to be all about optimism,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28the '70s were blighted by turmoil.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- CHANTING:- Out, out, out, out, out, out, out...
0:16:32 > 0:16:38Strikes, inflation, power cuts and the conflict in Northern Ireland
0:16:38 > 0:16:41brought shocking daily headlines.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49But '70s home movies tell a different story,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52and memories of this much-maligned decade
0:16:52 > 0:16:54are often surprisingly affectionate.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- The '70s for us was just... - It's bringing up your family.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Bringing up the family. It was a really nice time.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I just think it was quite a carefree time then.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07I think the children had so much more freedom than they do now.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- They didn't have gadgets. - No, that's right.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Didn't have televisions in their bedrooms or...
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Weren't sitting with iPads or phones.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- And we played a lot of music in the house.- That's right.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18My boys played football every night of the week, seven nights a week.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20What are my trousers like?!
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- That was the style - purple and green.- Goodness me.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26I remember my house, I had a cream suite and a purple carpet
0:17:26 > 0:17:28and a purple-and-brown wall.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30That was the colours then, wasn't it?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Bright, psychedelic oranges and suchlike.- That was the '70s.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35That's me. What do I look like?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36You look lovely.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38# Bye-bye, baby Baby, goodbye
0:17:38 > 0:17:40# Bye, baby Baby, bye-bye... #
0:17:40 > 0:17:42And what was my mum's waistcoat like?!
0:17:42 > 0:17:43THEY LAUGH
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Oh, that's me here.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47And that's old Auntie Jan.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50That's old Auntie Jan, yeah. The New Year was three days of partying.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54That's what happened at our parties. We were all singing and dancing.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56# Girl, I'd marry you now
0:17:56 > 0:17:59# If I were free... #
0:17:59 > 0:18:03My dad. My dad's singing, yeah. Oh, dear.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08# I could love you but why begin it?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11# Cos there ain't any future in it
0:18:11 > 0:18:13# She's got me... #
0:18:13 > 0:18:14What is Lydia drinking?!
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Goodness knows.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Yeah, a pint of stout.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20You can tell it's a good party. Everyone just looks...
0:18:20 > 0:18:21They're all having a great time.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Merry?- ..merry. I was trying to think of the right word.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25THEY LAUGH
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Very merry.- We've had a few glasses of something.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Look at old Auntie Ann.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Oh, it's a Scottish New Year in Fife.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38# Wish I knew you before I met her... #
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Somebody's got a sore head.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41THEY LAUGH
0:18:43 > 0:18:46We used to have lots of get-togethers.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- It's all about being in the house, having a good laugh.- That's right.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52That's what I mean - you didn't need to go to fancy places.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54You'd just have it in your own home.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58It's just nice to look back at that.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Seeing all these people who are no longer here, eh?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11But elsewhere there was hardship.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Some were paying the price for radical changes
0:19:15 > 0:19:17made in the '50s and '60s.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Housing schemes had been hastily built
0:19:20 > 0:19:23without the amenities required to make them thrive.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Communities did what they could to stay together.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Craigmillar in Edinburgh had something special.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32The Craigmillar Festival -
0:19:32 > 0:19:35a week of good fun, good laughs and good-going entertainment.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38A week in which the people of this South Edinburgh housing scheme
0:19:38 > 0:19:42can daub their own splashes of colour across the grey surroundings
0:19:42 > 0:19:44that their city has given them to live in.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49By the mid-1970s, Craigmillar was putting on
0:19:49 > 0:19:52one of the largest community festivals in the world.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Thousands of local people came together
0:19:55 > 0:19:58to produce their own theatre, art and music.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01They also made movies.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06# Hey, Wullie What you doing?
0:20:06 > 0:20:12# Ooh, Wullie... #
0:20:12 > 0:20:14There's them running through the streets of Greendykes
0:20:14 > 0:20:18and that's the high flats in the background.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22You can tell it's the '70s. Oh, my God, the fashions!
0:20:22 > 0:20:25We didnae care back then, we just wore anything,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29and you can tell it in this movie.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Johnni Stanton was a youth worker for the festival throughout
0:20:32 > 0:20:33the '70s.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36A few years ago, he found this film rusting away in a cellar.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Loosely based on the popular Oor Wullie comic strip,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46it was made by the children of the Craigmillar Playschemes.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49This is Lismore School they're playing at, I think.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Playing with guiders.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Guiders is what other people call carties.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56You go up to the local dump,
0:20:56 > 0:21:00it's all scrap, you pinch what you can. You got these pram wheels,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03you made the crossbars and then a piece to sit on,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05with a rope.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08No brakes, cos your feet did that.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Somebody always pushed the back and it was great when you could get up
0:21:11 > 0:21:13to the Castlebrae cos it was a hill.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24We had thousands of kids in the area at that time. Thousands.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27What were they to do? Where were they to go?
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Craigmillar was an area of low expectation,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34of a depressed economy,
0:21:34 > 0:21:35big families.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39The drugs took hold in the '70s and then it got worse,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43harder drugs coming into the area in the '80s.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48A lot of the kids I knew back then in the '70s are dead now.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Basically wasted a whole generation of kids in the '80s.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56It was a tragic, tragic thing.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00But for Johnni and many other young people from the area,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02the festival was inspirational.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04I couldn't get a job,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07but what I did have was a community that I cared about
0:22:07 > 0:22:11and kids seemed to care about me. It was my saving grace.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13What does the festival mean to you?
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Well, it means a lot to me, after all, it has played a big part
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- in my life and it's influenced my morals more than anything else.- How?
0:22:21 > 0:22:25I look at things from a different view and I see how things are being
0:22:25 > 0:22:28done the right way. I do them myself that way now.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35The '70s was, oh... just a magical time. I was happy.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Maybe that's what...all you really need in the long run, you know?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41To be happy, to have those moments you can look back on.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Home movies are all about preserving happy memories.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48It takes you right back.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- It does, actually, it's lovely. A lot of good memories.- Yeah.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I must've had a vodka and orange there or two.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Yeah, that's obviously Dave taking cine.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59LAUGHTER
0:22:59 > 0:23:01That was it.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05It's nice to look back and see how, once upon a time, we were young.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- That's right.- And the kids can see that, because I think sometimes
0:23:08 > 0:23:10they look at you and think this is how you were born.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14LAUGHTER
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Oh, dear!- I wonder what you were singing there?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Could've been Country Road.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21No, it's not a Country Road song,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24cos you usually swing about when you're singing that.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26LAUGHTER
0:23:26 > 0:23:29It's a slow one. It must be a love song. What would it be?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31You know that one, Dreaming?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Oh, I... # Drea-e-e-em. #
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- That one.- That's it.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38# Dream, dream, dream Drea-e-e-em
0:23:38 > 0:23:41# Dream, dream, dream... #
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Maureen met her husband Dave when she was 20.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47He moved into the house next-door.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Dave and I just... Well, it was just magical.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- Stars in your eyes. - Definitely, love at first sight.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57I can still remember my first kiss, and that sounds ridiculous
0:23:57 > 0:23:59at my age, but I can still remember my first kiss.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- That shows how special it was. - And it was special.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07And then we got engaged, and 18 months later we got married.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10It's nice to see him when he's young like that.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13It gives me a lot of pleasure, it makes me sad sometimes,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15but I just like seeing him, especially with the kids,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17how happy we all were.
0:24:22 > 0:24:2715 years ago, Dave fell seriously ill with lung cancer.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29I said to him one day, I said,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32"Why you? You know, you're such a good person."
0:24:35 > 0:24:37He said, "Why not?"
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Made his peace with his maker, that was him, he was ready.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Unfortunately I wasn't. Never went back to the church after it.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Not for a year, and a bit.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- Still gets me after all that time. - Mm. Yeah.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56- You know what? It's... It's... Yeah. - It was horrible.- Yeah.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59There's nobody else can take Dave's place and...
0:24:59 > 0:25:02you've just got to get on with it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Being able to look at these,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08it brings back all the memories, all the happy times,
0:25:08 > 0:25:12so I can look at it and I can cry and I can laugh at the same time.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Dad's so young and vibrant.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- It's great, isn't it? - It gives you a lift.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It certainly gives you a lift.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23It's just lovely to see us, as...as a young couple.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Great films and great memories, so it's just... It's nice.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33# I remember golden days... #
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Like the Bruntons, Dave Broderick found his father's old cine films
0:25:39 > 0:25:42and had them digitised as a way of reconnecting with his past
0:25:42 > 0:25:44and remembering lost loved ones.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Is that my dad?- It looks like him. - It is!
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- That's him in Speedos. My God! - THEY LAUGH
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Oh, Dad with the budgie smugglers, then. Really?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58It's difficult to remember sometimes, when you just know
0:25:58 > 0:26:02somebody as being older, that they actually had a life before you.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- Oh, there's the trampoline. - Aye, it's the trampoline.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Oh, there's...Gran in the background.- Mm-hm.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I think as you get older you realise that there's stuff
0:26:15 > 0:26:17you've missed from your childhood
0:26:17 > 0:26:21and you get to that age where you just...don't necessarily want
0:26:21 > 0:26:26it back, but you certainly want to be able to see and acknowledge it.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29That is in this house, or that's out the back garden of this house.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31That's the front path, right here, as well.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- You don't see kids out like that playing any more.- No, you don't. - It doesn't happen.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Definitely don't. It's really good to see them.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43I think, cos I'm the oldest one now, there's nobody older than me
0:26:43 > 0:26:45to remember these things with,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48cos I do live in the past quite a bit, I have to say.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53I firmly believe that, it was 40 years ago,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56people didn't have as many problems as they have now.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Life was simpler then and I think I would've liked to live then.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Like, be my mum's generation, you know what I mean?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05They also had rickets and TB.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- I suppose. - THEY LAUGH
0:27:18 > 0:27:22In the 40 or so years since these films were made, the world
0:27:22 > 0:27:24has certainly moved on.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Just as governments, fashions and other social trends have come
0:27:27 > 0:27:31and gone, so too have the methods in which we record ourselves.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33In the 1980s,
0:27:33 > 0:27:37the introduction of video heralded a revolution in home movies.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Tape was cheap compared to film and the new camcorders could
0:27:40 > 0:27:44record an hour or two of video on one single cassette.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Today, we take for granted the ability to film,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51edit and broadcast to the world all from a phone.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55But what we film, the things we want to remember,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57have largely stayed the same.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01# Home, let me come home
0:28:01 > 0:28:05# Home is wherever I'm with you
0:28:05 > 0:28:09# Oh, home Let me come home
0:28:09 > 0:28:13# Home is wherever I'm with you... #
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Next time on Scotland's Home Movies -
0:28:19 > 0:28:22for some people, making these films became more than a hobby.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Don't forget, I was doing a full-time job as well
0:28:26 > 0:28:30and bringing up a family, trying to struggle to make these epics.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32In the final episode of the series,
0:28:32 > 0:28:36we discover another kind of home movie-making, an imaginative,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39often ingenious culture that deserves to be celebrated.