We won a “Business Excellence award ” for our Scottish heritage on film
Discover the Heritage of Scotland
Through a unique digital film archive featuring a past way of life in Scotland
Discover the Heritage of Scotland
Featuring the Scots Language and the rich Doric Dialect within our validated educational
resources
Discover the Heritage of Scotland
Meet and walk in the footsteps of your Scottish ancestors of the late 1800s – mid 1990s
Discover the Heritage of Scotland
Experience a way of life which connects you to the past and defines who you are
Scottish heritage on film about your Scottish ancestors
Scottish heritage on film about your Scottish ancestors within our archive is a new and unique insight into Scottish Heritage. Our archive has over 500 hours of digital film footage about how life and work for the ordinary person was from 1890s – to the present day in rural Scotland. You can bring the dynamic of film to your Scottish family history which will show you how your Scottish ancestors lived and worked.
Validated Educational resources for the curriculum for excellence
Validated educational resources for the curriculum for excellence are available as digital clips. We make these clips available for all Scottish schools, colleges, universities and libraries via Historic Environment Scotland’s digital portal. The content of the clips are about Scotland’s history and past culture and they address the outcomes and experiences within the Curriculum for Excellence and meet other educational/academic requirements.
Visitor Attractions use of the dynamic of unique heritage film
Visitor attractions use of the dynamic of unique heritage film can help to develop your visitor offer. Carney Heritage Productions extensive digital Scottish heritage film archive has 2.300 clips to choose from. Clips about Scotland’s history can also be customised to suit your requirements. The commentary can be made in any world language, for visitor attractions, museums and libraries. This can transform static displays with authentic, relevant digitised Scottish culture on film uniquely produced by Carney Heritage Productions.
Scottish Heritage on film
“Bringing our unique rich Scottish past award winning film into the present”
Scottish Heritage on film about your ancestors
Scottish heritage on film about you ancestors captures the story about their way of life and work. Our digital film archive captures the cultural identity of the “ordinary” man and woman’s account of his/her life and work from the 1890s to the present day in Scotland.
Our archive has impressed many people
The authentic digital video clips, allow you to connect with, and walk in the footsteps of your Scottish ancestors and get to know them better. This unique archive of Scottish heritage on film has received the highest academic educational, curatorial and health and wellbeing endorsements.
See for yourself
Carney Heritage Productions invite you to browse samples from our archive in our You Tube channel . You can also browse all our 2300 clips and thumbnails from our spreadsheets. We hope that you will find clips which interest you within our listings about your Scottish ancestors. From that point you can contact Don Carney at info@scottishheritage.co.uk to discuss your requirements.
Different selling options are available
Our entire archive is for sale either as clips or in its entirety. We are really keen to have a conversation in relation to how we can make this collection more meaningful to you, whether at a personal, educational , visitor attraction, curatorial or business level.
Don Carney
The Fairmer’s Wife
Part of Scottish heritage on film shows how the Fairmer’s wife played a leading role in the family and on the fairm. She hid t dee aa the cookin on the open peat fire, far she bilied aa the water t dee the wikly wash. It wis her that hid t feed the hens n milked the coos twice a day. Listen to the rich Doric dialect of Aberdeenshire
Scottish Heritage on film shows The Clydesdale Horse
The horsemin n his Clydesdales wid wark on aa Scottish fairms up t the introduction o the tractor fae the early 1930s. This skilled man n his pair hid a strong workin bond, he kint them and they kint him. The first horsemin aboot a placie wis quite a chiel on the fairm n roon aboot his locil area. The Clydesdale horse made a huge contribution t fairmin.
Steam Power
Drift back to Victorian Scotland far the power source that drove Scottish industrialisation wis that o steam. Engines like s een wis owned bee the showmen faa travilled Scotland bringing the fun n fascination o the fair t your forefathers. The power o steam engines wir in their hayday fae the 1890s t the 1920s. Britain wis the leading manufacturer of them.
Schoolin’ in Rural Scotland
Aa rural communities hid their ain school. The country loons n quines sat at desks like s. They used a bit o slate t write on wee a slate pencil caed a skillie. Education wis delivered b a strict Missie faa ruled the pupils wee fear. That system o education canna be criticised over muckle.Monny pupils, oor ancestirs, wint on t lead Scotland t extra-ordinary heights.
To thank you for the 6 DVD’s which I ordered on Monday and were delivered yesterday. We spent a very pleasant evening watching two of them. They are brilliant. Only problem is I remember a lot of the things when they were happening and it reminds me how old I am getting!! From a satisfied customer Oct 2018
Bill Henderson
Emeritus Professor Henry Ellington of the Robert Gordon University and the person tasked with writing the book which was published in 2002, under the title ‘The Robert Gordon University – A History’ has made the following statement about Don Carneys contribution, as a past academic at RGU, to our North East life.
“Indeed, the author would opine that he has probably done as much to promote and preserve knowledge and understanding of pre-1950’s NE rural life as Lewis Grassic Gibbon.”
Professor Henry Ellington
/ Robert Gordon University
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