The Regattas in Shetland are highly sociable and community based events, with various examples organised throughout the islands. This footage is of regattas at Cullivoe, Mid Yell and Bastavoe. This film is believed to have been filmed by Robert Bayes, the proprietor of Bobby Bayes photographic shop in Lerwick.
Film-maker: Mitchell Georgeson
Donated by the Georgeson family.
00:00:00 | Title card: ‘The film you are about to see would not have been made possible, had it not been for the co-operation I received from so many people, R.Bayes’ |
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00:00:11 | Title card: ‘Shetland’s Regattas at Cullivoe, Mid Yell, Bastavoe’ |
00:00:17 | Flag: BVYC |
00:00:22 | Men in boats |
00:00:33 | Onlookers on pier, looking at boats |
00:01:25 | Leaving the pier, setting sail |
00:03:15 | Sailing round the marker buoy |