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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...

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  • 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!

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  • 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".

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  • Kirkwall Generating Station

    Date released
    21 May 1951
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    2175
    NoS ID
    151963

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  • 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....

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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...

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