This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
- When he was young, 'Michael Powell' (qv) saw a documentary on the evacuation
of the island of Hirta (St. Kilda), West of the Hebrides and he thought he
could make a great film about it.
- The cast and crew stayed on Foula for many months, this was before the
airstrip was built and they had to use local fishing boats as ferries.
 
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