Wonderful images of kilts in a 1928 film

**Wil** · 1st March 13, 10:17 AM

That was great!

**mookien** · 1st March 13, 10:48 AM

And they lived crazily ever after...

Thanks. That was fun. Great special effects for the era. Did anyone notice the name of the ship? - S. S. Hoot Man.

For a "dissertation" on Hoot Man with kilts and bagpipes see ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miobysK59tI

**castledangerous** · 1st March 13, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Thanks for posting that! It's amazing, how clear the film is, how great the special effects are, how inventive and funny the whole thing is.

Interesting that in 1928 the end of The Civil War was only 53 years in the past, as far in the past as The Vietnam War is today, and that nearly all the older men in the US would have been Civil War veterans.

1928 was 63 years after the end of the Civil War in 1865, and 2013 is 38 years after the Fall of Saigon in 1975, so your math is off on both counts, I'm afraid. I doubt there were many Civil War veterans surviving in 1928.

**castledangerous** · 1st March 13, 12:20 PM

In 1930, the population of the US was 122 million. If 12% of the Civil War veterans survived to 80 years old, there would have been approx. 267,000 who reached that age. If every single one of them were alive in 1928, which is extremely doubtful (a 20 yr old in 1865 surviving until1928 would have been 83), they would have made up approx. 2% of the population. I don't know what your definition of "nearly all the older men in the US" is, but it certainly could not have been true in 1928 that even a majority were Civil War veterans.

**Macman** · 1st March 13, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by mookien

Did anyone notice the name of the ship? - S. S. Hoot Man.

S.S. Hoot MON, laddie

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**TheOfficialBren** · 1st March 13, 02:43 PM

Let 'em walk; it's cheaper. Lol!!

The last US Civil War veterans* were:
Confederacy-
Pleasant Crump 23 December 1847-31 December 1951 (Verified)
Union-
Albert Woolson (1848–1956)

*It should be noted that these men were the exception rather than the norm. Think of it as similar to how we, in the twenty first century, view First World War veterans. The last ones passed away a couple of years ago. They were born in he ninteenth century and died in the twenty first. Super-centarians are are rare but not unheard of thing. In fact, it is estimated that within a generation living to be a century will not be nearly as rare as it was a generation ago.

**mookien** · 1st March 13, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Macman

S.S. Hoot MON, laddie

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MacMON: Sorry. I couldn't find the umlaut on my keyboard.

JON

**Macman** · 1st March 13, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by mookien

MacMON: Sorry. I couldn't find the umlaut on my keyboard.

JON

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**California Highlander** · 1st March 13, 06:57 PM

Watched this video on the bus into work this morning and it really started my day on a positive! Funny, charming, and kilts!

**OC Richard** · 1st March 13, 07:44 PM

Thanks for the math correction!

What I was thinking of was the stories my grandmother used to tell me. Born in 1897, she said that growing up all the older men in town were Civil War veterans. Most were Union but there were some "ol mossbacks" as she called them, Confederate veterans. Maybe Chesapeake WV wasn't typical of the country as a whole.

My grandmother and grandfather both lived to the age of 97 and people of 100 or more were not uncommon. Our typical family gathering photos show five and even six generations.