Results: Stories
9 results found for '"Orkney Islands"' in Location.
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...
World’s Record Salving Operation
- Date released
- 14 May 1925
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 1189
- NoS ID
- 084294
- Story no
- 8 / 8
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Half the scuttled German fleet has now been raised - the last one was salved and beached in 3 days. ... The irony of it! Torpedo boat V-70 the first boat to be raised - is now the principal salvage vessel!
British Salvage Triumph
- Date released
- 13 Jun 1927
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 1406; Super Issue No.: 27/47
- NoS ID
- 086028
- Story no
- 8 / 8
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Messrs Cox and Danks - after months of tense and often disappointing efforts - succeed in raising the giant 23,000 ton German cruiser "Moltke".
Kirkwall Generating Station
- Date released
- 21 May 1951
- Series name
- Universal News
- Issue no
- 2175
- NoS ID
- 151963
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 in Flashes
- Date released
- 24 Mar 1955
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 2511
- NoS ID
- 045676
- Story no
- 5 / 8
Sixty-three small whales are stranded and died on rocks.
Coal Prices Rocket - Now for Windmills!
- Date released
- 18 Jul 1955
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 2544
- NoS ID
- 045934
- Story no
- 5 / 6
High power experimental windmill supplies Scottish grid, pioneering new power source. St Albans Central Electricity Board also experiments with new type windmill.
Royal Holiday
- Date released
- 18 Aug 1960
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 60/67
- NoS ID
- 109324
- Story no
- 3 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list
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...