Results

Modern Vikings in Kirkwall Pageantry

Date released

9 Aug 1937

Series name

Universal Talking News

Issue no

739

NoS ID

143493

Story no

2 / 11

News on Screen Cinema news To order Moving image

Rugged Islands, The (1934)

Director

Jenny Brown; Werner Kissing

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £19.99

Four rare films from the 1930s and 1950s depicting various aspects of island life in some of Scotland’s most remote communities. Includes the following four films: THE RUGGED ISLAND - A SHETLAND LYRIC...

DVD Find Other To order

Kirkwall Generating Station

Date released

21 May 1951

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2175

NoS ID

151963

News on Screen Cinema news To order Moving image

The Last Long Hop - American Flyers Leave Kirkwall on the Final Stages of Their Flight

Date released

7 Aug 1924

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1396

NoS ID

079769

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

MLV several flyers ready to go, British naval officer shakes hands with some. MLV baggage being loaded onto plane (sea). LV 3 seaplanes on water. GV seaplane moving. GV ship, plane flies over it. GV 2 planes...

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image

Kirkwall’s Diesel Station

Date released

21 May 1951

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1146

NoS ID

017142

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Opening Kirkwall New Diesel Power Station - No Film. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Power Station. Interior - Mrs Woodburn receives bouquet. On platform with other officials. Mrs Woodburn...

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image

KIRKWALL, ENGLAND. FIRST PICTURES FROM THE FORD PEACE SHIP

Issue date other

Dec 1915

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

NoS ID

388670

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Scenes onboard the Ford Peace Ship, ‘Oscar II’. Includes footage of Mr. Henry Ford and fellow passengers.

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image

Islander for the Islands

Date released

21 Aug 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1994

NoS ID

027011

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Islander for the Island. DESCRIPTION: The new Britten-Norman ‘Islander’ a light transport aircraft made on the Isle of Wight heads North to the Orkneys. Its a new service that will...

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image

REAPING THE WIND

Date released

Dec 1951

Series name

Mining Review 5th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

345727

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: a windmill electricity generator at Costa Head in Orkney. NCB Commentary - The northernmost regular air service in Britain is the run between Aberdeen and the Orkney and Shetland islands....

News on Screen Cinema news Record only