Whisky Galore! (Original title)Liquid Treasure (Working title)Tight Little Island (Alternative title)Whiskey Galore! (Alternative title)Whisky Galore (Help search title)
Dates: 1949 (Copyright), 18 July 1949 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Alexander Mackendrick
Synopsis: Comedy of the vain attempts of a Home Guard captain to protect the cargo of whisky on a wrecked ship off a Hebridean island whose inhabitants have been deprived of whisky because of the war.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Rationing, Whisky, Customs and Excise
Releases
Date: 16 June 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 82 mins Length: 7457 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Date: 1989Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Black and White - SoundDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: EMI Film Distributors
Date: October 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 82 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(28)
Accessible materials to view(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7477 FeetStock date: 1975BFI identifier: C-193263
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7492 FeetBFI identifier: C-193266
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-468352
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-636298
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(10)
Description: MPEG-2 - LTO5Duration: 01:20:06 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-88045
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:24:00 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-468350
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:24:00 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-468350-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 01:20:06 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-88045-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPXBFI identifier: N-3616508
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAVBFI identifier: N-3617619
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:23:23 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-468351
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:23:23 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-468351-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-468352
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-636298
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(2)
Description: HD Cam SRBFI identifier: C-1614569
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-592150
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(16)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7477 FeetStock date: 1975BFI identifier: C-193263
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7492 FeetBFI identifier: C-193266
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe BW negativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 200 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1601201
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe BW negativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 200 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1601202
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe BW negativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 250 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-1601200
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7493 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-193268
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7492 FeetBFI identifier: C-193264
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7498 FeetBFI identifier: C-193265
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7493 FeetBFI identifier: C-193261
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 700 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1607410
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7150 FeetBFI identifier: C-1601058
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 10800 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-193262
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original BW NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 600 FeetBFI identifier: C-1601213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7150 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1601212
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 600 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1601214
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: SoundBFI identifier: N-41447
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1949 (Copyright), 18 July 1949 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Alexander Mackendrick
Synopsis: Comedy of the vain attempts of a Home Guard captain to protect the cargo of whisky on a wrecked ship off a Hebridean island whose inhabitants have been deprived of whisky because of the war.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Rationing, Whisky, Customs and Excise
Releases
Date: 16 June 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 82 mins Length: 7457 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Date: 1989Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Black and White - SoundDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: EMI Film Distributors
Date: October 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 82 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(28)
Accessible materials to view(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7477 FeetStock date: 1975BFI identifier: C-193263
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7492 FeetBFI identifier: C-193266
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-468352
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-636298
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(10)
Description: MPEG-2 - LTO5Duration: 01:20:06 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-88045
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:24:00 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-468350
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:24:00 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-468350-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 01:20:06 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-88045-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPXBFI identifier: N-3616508
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAVBFI identifier: N-3617619
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:23:23 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-468351
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:23:23 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-468351-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-468352
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-636298
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(2)
Description: HD Cam SRBFI identifier: C-1614569
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-592150
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(16)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7477 FeetStock date: 1975BFI identifier: C-193263
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7492 FeetBFI identifier: C-193266
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe BW negativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 200 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1601201
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe BW negativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 200 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1601202
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe BW negativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 250 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-1601200
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7493 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-193268
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7492 FeetBFI identifier: C-193264
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7498 FeetBFI identifier: C-193265
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7493 FeetBFI identifier: C-193261
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 700 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1607410
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7150 FeetBFI identifier: C-1601058
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 10800 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-193262
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original BW NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 600 FeetBFI identifier: C-1601213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7150 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1601212
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 600 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1601214
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: SoundBFI identifier: N-41447
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film