The Evacuation of St Kilda | St Kilda | Poverty | Dangers of the Mainland | Scotland | 1972

Some extracts from a Thames television Documentary on the islands of St Kilda. In these extracts we hear from some of the inhabitants of the Island about why there was a need for the evacuation. And we also hear from a Mainland Doctor who worried for the islanders immune system once they moved to the mainland.


First shown: 04/04/1972

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