Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Paramount
6087
SR003137_02_01.mov
01/26/1937
Shetland Islands celebrates Norse festival of "Up Helly Aa" with men in Viking costumes in 1937 Lerwick
Title card: "Northern Isles Greet Sun in Old Ceremony" / title: "Shetland Islands" superimposed over stone building on coast / Tilt down: men in Viking costumes stand on beach in front of Viking dragon boat / Pan stone building on coast / Tilt down: men in Viking costumes stand on beach in front of Viking dragon boat / CU Pan men in costume hold their spears up and shake them / Tilt down: men walk in line to climb into boat / MS men standing in Viking boat raise spears / Note: exact day not known
United Kingdom
Lerwick

Keywords

archival
newsreel
Shetland Islands
Scotland
islands
Up Helly Aa festival
Vikings
Norse culture
spears
shields
boats
buildings
stones
coastlines
costumes
festivals
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