The aftermath of the Black Friday air raid on Aberdeen, 1940.

Scenes of the impact of the first daylight air raid on Aberdeen, known locally as "Black Friday". Shots of buildings damaged by air raid attack. [Sequence of people standing in street with household furniture retrieved from damaged buildings is in Footd. The clip is from The Scottish Screen Archive collection. For more information about this film including details of how to obtain a copy please follow this link http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0238
The Scottish Screen Archive holds thousands of films and videos from Scotland's 20th-century history. The archive contains everything from home movies and advertisements to educational films and documentaries. There are films detailing technical processes and others showing the imagination and innovation of Scottish film-makers over the years.

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