Colour: 'Up Helly AA’

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2226

Date Released

31 Jan 1972

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Olympic Preparations
2. 2Shane Gould - Swimming Champion
3. 3Shoe Fashions
4. 4The Shambles
5. 5Colour: 'Up Helly AA’

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Section Title

Colour

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Up Helly AA - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: Lerwick, the scene of Shetland’s world famous ‘Fire Festival’ called ‘Up Helly AA’ - 700 Torch Bearers - the burning of the 30’ Norse longboat - just part of this festival. SHOTLIST: GV harbour and seagulls (Lerwick). MS trawler in harbour. GV boats in harbour. MS ditto. GV building on water front. GV buildings and jetty, long boat moored in harbour. GV narrow street. MS narrow street on hill with handrail in centre. 4 MSs, night, Vikings walking along with torches. Crowd watching Vikings with torches walking along. GV Vikings assembled. LS ditto, standing in two rows. MS people with animal heads. MLS 2 rows of people with torches. MS people with torches pan up to burning torch. GV 2 rows of people waiting. MS Viking ship carried between two rows of people. MS people in costume with torches march past. LS torch bearers marching along. MS torch bearers march past. LS ditto. MS people marching. LS pan down, rocket flare fired. 3 MS people standing round long ship. CU man dressed as Viking. MLS torches thrown onto long ship. MS ship burning and more torches thrown on. MS Vikings round burning ship. MS two men in aprons watching. CU two Vikings. MS Vikings watching burning ship. FV burning ship. CU Viking. MS burning ship. 2 MS dragon head bow burning. MCU Viking holding helmet on LS ship burning.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Customs and traditions

Locations

Scotland; Shetland Islands; Lerwick

Card file number

97852

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

284

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive