Bagpipes in War - Part 2: Call to the Blood

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Published 2023-03-05
Instrument of War Part 2 - 'Call To The Blood' traces the effect of the bagpipe from the battlefields of WW2 to the present day. Its haunting sound awakens a distant past and the ‘Call To The Blood’ is strong. Narrated by Tom Conti, Hannah Gordon and Charlton Heston this award winning series features the personal testimonies of veterans and guests from historians to Prince Charles, Phil Collins and Sir Jackie Stewart.
All Comments (19)
  • @knutclau705
    Men bred in rough bounds... We shall never see their likes again! Being a piper since 1985 myself and having served (albeit in the Bundeswehr, Waterloo btn) having reenacted 18th century highlanders since early 80'ies, jacobite and redcoats, lived a while in the highlands, spent a LOT of time with the old army pipers, mostly 79th, I DO admire the sheer stamina, determination and immersion in the "gaeldom" of those old ways of life... No match for them today! 😢
  • @lollypop2413
    My father was an officer in the Scots Guards regiment Household Guards London pre war.... He served in WW2 1939_46 France NWEurope Palestine British SAS... He told me his favourite thing was the pipes at lights out. I miss him very much
  • @colindouglas7769
    The skirl of the pipes just makes every proud Scotsman feel 10 feet tall. I experienced that special feeling every time I took part in the annual Bannockburn and Wallace Day rallies in Stirling and Elderslie. We had formed a colour party, wearing the full Highland dress and carrying the Saltire and Lion Rampant flags in honour of Scotland two great historical figures, Robert the Bruce and Sir William Wallace. One year, we applied to take part in the world famous Edinburgh International Festival Cavalcade down Princes Street, but they turned us down because we were "too Scottish" for them! But as luck would have it, the pipe band who led us on the Wallace Day Rally, were also taking part officially in the cavalcade a week or so later, so the Pipe-Major very kindly said, "Just drop in ahint us, lads" and so we did that. We were the only "participants" carrying the Scottish colours down Princes Street that day and we got the biggest cheer as we passed the Scott Monument. What a "buzz" that was with the pipes in full cry!!!
  • @barrynewman4456
    23yrs a Piper in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (PL)
  • @jimmyglasgow5047
    I served with the !st Battalion Queens Own Cameron and Seaforth Highlanders in 1970 A Coy 1 Platoon, When the Pipe Major found out that i could do the Highland Dancing they wanted me to join them at special events in Germany and Scotland where we were Stationed , I did the sword dance and fling with the best pipers in the Battalion. Then back to A Coy until the next big event .
  • @jel517
    It was not the Black Watch who played Mist Covered Mountains at President Kennedy's grave. It was the United States Air Force Pipe Band
  • @jacobkeppler1984
    Pipe major jimmy banks Scots guards 💂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
  • @jimreily7538
    There's a story of a piper playing from the deck of a ship as the a British ships amassed near one of the beaches on D-day. The men on the other ships heard it and were stirred and their morale was lifted. I can't remember the name of the song he played or the ship. Does anyone know this story ? Antony Beevor recounts it in his book about Normandy.
  • @knutclau705
    Oh, and by the way: ALL TRUE pipers are someway "otherwordly"...
  • @normancameron6165
    Fife Perthshire Dundee areas all black watch my dad uncle couzinn nephew me all black watch,you would never join any thing else