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03-Jun-19, 10:51
Some old film clips featuring footage of Caithness:
Atom Town (Dounreay Nuclear Power Station in the mid 1960's):
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-559-c
Has footage of Dounreay, apprentices being trained to work at the plant, views of Thurso, and the technical college.
Around Wick Harbour
Colour film of Wick Harbour from 1937:
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-173-c
Winter in Wick
Scenes around Wick in the 1940s:
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-339-c
Carnival Procession and Crowning the Wick "Herring Queen" / You and Your Money:
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-063-c#privacy-settings
"Life in the Scottish Highlands: Population and Social Problems (clip 2)":
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-305-c
Footage of John O'Groats at one minute 32 seconds, Wick Glass factory at 5 minutes 52 seconds and Dounreay and Thurso 7 minutes 30 seconds.
1930s, silent. First five minutes and 15 seconds in Caithness:
https://www.huntleyarchives.com/preview.asp?image=1017892&itemw=4&itemf=0003&itemstep=1&itemx=1
Atom Town (Dounreay Nuclear Power Station in the mid 1960's):
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-559-c
Has footage of Dounreay, apprentices being trained to work at the plant, views of Thurso, and the technical college.
Around Wick Harbour
Colour film of Wick Harbour from 1937:
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-173-c
Winter in Wick
Scenes around Wick in the 1940s:
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-339-c
Carnival Procession and Crowning the Wick "Herring Queen" / You and Your Money:
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-063-c#privacy-settings
"Life in the Scottish Highlands: Population and Social Problems (clip 2)":
https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-002-305-c
Footage of John O'Groats at one minute 32 seconds, Wick Glass factory at 5 minutes 52 seconds and Dounreay and Thurso 7 minutes 30 seconds.
1930s, silent. First five minutes and 15 seconds in Caithness:
https://www.huntleyarchives.com/preview.asp?image=1017892&itemw=4&itemf=0003&itemstep=1&itemx=1