+"Blantyre Scotland" +1925 stock footage and images

Dramatization of famous British explorer David Livingstone listening to grandfather and reading books as a child in Scotland

Dramatization. Dr. David Livingstone as a child. In the Livingstone living room, Grandfather Livingstone, wearing a traditional Scottish kilt, instructs young David on their Scottish Highland heritage and moral precepts. Young David Livingstone reads a Latin Grammar book. His mother, Agnes Livingstone, closes book, blows David’s candle and asks David to bid his father “good night”. David, as a young man, reads a book on medicine in his family’s living room. His father, Neil Livingstone, asks David about his ambitions. David Livingstone recounts his younger years to Mary Moffat while they sit together under a tree. David holds Mary Moffat’s hands and Mary leans on David, capturing the attention of Mary’s parents, Robert Moffat and Mary Smith-Moffat.