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Title: SHETLAND CRUISE

Reference number: 8743

Date: 1958

Director: filmed by Mr Kemp dec'd

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 6.16 mins

Description: Amateur footage of ferry trips to the Orkney and Shetland Islands, including shots of Stromness, Kirkwall and Lerwick.

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(0.00) blank (0.04) title - GETTING ACQUAINTED- - shots of ferry passengers climbing up gangway - gvs passengers on deck - THE ST. OLA SAILS FOR STROMNESS - shots of Ford Zodiac being hoisted on board ferry from pier, gangway and mooring rope being removed - tracking shots from deck of ferry leaving harbour - LEAVING THURSO - shots from deck of coastline, passing fishing boats (1.54) ROUNDING HOY WE DOCK AT STROMNESS - gvs coastline, cliffs - STREET SCENES IN STROMNESS AND KIRKWALL - gvs Stromness streets, view up Church Street - pan across shore and harbour - gvs Earl's Palace, Kirkwall - high shot of street from palace - Kirkwall street gvs, cars and pedestrians (3.48) WE HEAD FOR THE SHETLANDS - shots of ferry St. Magnus at harbour - tracking shots from deck, sea and coastline - shots approaching harbour at Lerwick - gvs harbour buildings - A WRECKER'S PARADISE - gvs cliffs and rugged coastline (5.41) SOME SEALS GET CURIOUS - high shots of water from cliff, seals in water - FAIRWELL LERWICK - shots from deck of ferry leaving Lerwick harbour - THE END (6.16)