The Kirkwall ba' 1939

Scenes from the film Handba' at Kirkwall (1939). The last festival to be held until the end of the war.
Crowds are pushing along the street - the ball is in there somewhere! The dress is casual, some are even smoking, eventually victorious Bill Rory gets the ball to Castle Corner and shows it off to the delighted crowd.

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=0704

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. http://www.nls.uk/ssa/

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Sports

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• ba'
• handba'
• Scotland
• Screen
• Archive
• Orkney
• Kirkwall
• Festival
• violence
• pre-war
• National
• Library
• tradition
• new
• year

[PILLOCKHEAD]

I WAS VERY TAKEN WITH THIS CLIP AS I AM MARRIED TO AN ORCADIAN GIRL WHO JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE GRANDAUGHTER OF BILL RORIE,I WAS VERY PRIVLEDGE TO BE ALLOWED TO HANDLE THE BA THAT HE WON IN 1939.