1934
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- "The Rugged Island", a film by Jenny Gilbertson is released. The film was a dramatisation of crofting life, using real crofters as actors.
March
- 4th
Author Joseph Gray of 'Lowrie' fame, and pioneer of the islands' motor trade, dies in Lerwick.
April
- 260 Norwegians visited Lerwick on board B.D.S.'s M/S Venus.
July
- First discovery of Norse house at Jarlshof.
October
- 23rd
Author William A. S. Burgess, younger brother of Haldane Burgess dies.
