1936
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- The film, The Edge of the World by Michael Powell, was filmed on Foula during the summer months.
February
- Scalloway electric lighting scheme inaugurated.
- 18th
Leith trawler May Island wrecked at Lambaness, Unst, all crew lost.
April
- 10th
Laurence Williamson, scholar and antiquary, dies at Mid Yell
June
- Filming begins on Foula for the movie, The Edge of the World.
- 2nd
Aberdeen Airways Dragon Rapide, G-ADDE landed at Sumburgh, heralding the beginning of the first scheduled flights to Shetland. - 3rd
Highland Airways first flight lands at Sumburgh.
October
- Massive waves break glass and extinguish light of Fugla Ness Lighthouse, Hamnavoe, having survived unscathed for the previous 44 years.
