Scotch Whisky Documentary - 1945 | The Archivist Presents | #381

Tomorrow is International Scotch Day - celebrate by watching this lovely documentary made in 1945. GV Highlands, fishing for salmon, landing one. GV highlands, very picturesque. Shots of various distilleries. Unload barley off lorry. Shovelling barley in lofts. Water turned on barley. Barley scattered on floor, men shovel same, walk into camera, using wooden shovels. MS & CU magnifying glass over barley. GV kiln. CU kiln. MS furnace, fed with coke & peat by stoker. In loft of kiln malt turned over. MS Hopper. Turning on hot liquor. Cooling process. Containers being washed. CU Yeast fomenting. Distillery, Customs officer locks same. Stoking furnace with coal. Exterior of distillery, water turning wheel. Elev. shot casks in field. Cooper making casks. Excise officer & employee unlock warehouse, two locks are used. Interior - casks being filled from vats. Excise officer checks figures of contents marked on casks. Casks rolled out, into camera, CU type workmen. Tapping casks. CU year “1922“. Gauging whisky. Cases of whisky loaded onto lorry. Lorryload of whisky. Warehouse opened. Belnding vats. Rolling casks. Pulling bungs. Samples taken by chemist. Line of whisky glasses containg samples. Chemist smelling same, Pours some on hands, rubs same & inhales. Going thru hydrometer test. Unlocking pump valves. Pulling lever over. Casks full of whisky emptied in trough, CU whisky. Taking samples from vats. Unlocking blending vats. Weighing filled casks. Tapping casks. Whisky into troughs. Bottling department, bottling by machinery. CU bottles. Elev. shot of bottling, capping, examined over light, labelling. Pass along conveyor, wrapped by girls who also pack them into cases. Stacks of cases. On case “Blended Scotsh Whisky“ GV Scottish moors & highlands. CU rushing water. Fishing for salmon. CU Scotsman holding up bottle of whisky. You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive. Story number is: BM45892 Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: ​​ Instagram: