?Ladies from hell? was a title given to the fierce kilted highlanders by their enemies. The use of the bagpipes in war is very ancient among the Celtic people and this film traces the story from ancient times up to the end of World War One, when Scottish pipers still led their troops into battle. This definitive history contains rare archive footage. Specially shot sequences include: the last survivor of the Boer War the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga, New York last piper in action during WWI (Pal)