VIKINGS OF SHETLAND
The Guizer Jarl and his son prepare for the Up Helly Aa festivities. (clip)
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Title: VIKINGS OF SHETLAND
Reference number: 3931
Date: 1969
Director: d. Christopher Mylne
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 10.13 mins
Description: Up Helly Aa’ Festival 1969, Lerwick.
Credits: made by kind permission of the Up Helly A' Committee Lerwick, Shetland
Shotlist: Credits. (0.19) Gvs Shetland landscape, l/s showing houses (0.26) gvs Lerwick harbour, fishing boats, sheep being loaded onto ship (1.05) gvs Lerwick streets lined with shops, people examining "The Bill" (2.53) shots of Russian boats in the harbour; c/u hammer and sickle on a funnel; US Coast Guard car (3.17) shots of Russian sailors taking photos of the longboat "Lagarböter" (4.07) exts. Townhall; ints. Provost inspects Guizer Jarl and others in their costumes; (4.29) "vikings" marching past longboat; fancy dress and skits in townhall (5.45) schools celebration; Edward Simm, junior Guizer Jarl, sits on his longboat; streets dancing, (6.11) torch lit procession at night; burning of the longboat (10.15) ecs (10.21)