How to make Arbroath Smokies

Watch the traditional process of smoking fish on the East Coast of Scotland. Cleaned and split haddocks, hung in pairs on sticks, are placed over smouldering hardwood logs in a pit.

This clip is taken from the film SMOKIES, which records the Scottish fishing industry as it was in the late 1950s.

The clip is from The Scottish Screen Archive collection. For more information about this film including details of how to obtain a copy please follow this link ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=1781

The Scottish Screen Archive holds thousands of films and videos from Scotland's 20th-century history. The archive contains everything from home movies and advertisements to educational films and documentaries. There are films detailing technical processes and others showing the imagination and innovation of Scottish film-makers over the years. nls.uk/ssa/