Souter Johnnie (1961)

Kirkoswald in Strathclyde, Scotland. Beautiful L/S of the rocky coast of the west of Scotland; L/S of a car driving along a coastal road; M/S of a sign post reading ’The National Trust for Scotland / Souter Johnnie’s House’. M/S of a car driving through the village of Kirkoswald; pan right to show a thatched cottage; M/S of a plaque saying ’Souter Johnnie’s House - Built 1786 / John Davidson - Born 1728 - Died here 1808’ and a line from the famous poem by Robert Burns. M/S of elderly caretaker William Eaglesham, who looks after the cottage, in the garden, where four life-size figures carved from stone depict Souter Johnnie, Tam O’Shanter, and the landlord and landlady of Tam O’Shanter Inn; they sit in chairs on a small patio, as if gathered round a fire in the inn. William cleans the landlord figure with a brush; various shots of the other figures as commentator quotes from the poem (in a Scottish accent); part of Souter Johnnie’s nose seems to be missing. M/S of a chimney stack of a cottage; til