Up - Helly - Aa Festival (1939)

Festival in The Shetland Islands. Full titles read: “UP - HELLY - AA FESTIVAL IN LERWICK“ L/S’s of people dressed as ancient Norsemen. Various shots of the men running up from a beach holding swords and shields. Several shots of hundreds of Norsemen walking in line at nightfall holding flaming lanterns, other carry a large replica of an ancient battleship. L/S’s of the men throwing their torches onto he ship which burst into flames. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage