OrbitalFlyers
About this Organisation
OrbitalFlyers is an independent Scottish history and heritage filmmaking project, creating documentary films that explore the people, places and stories of Scotland’s past.
Our films combine on-location filming, aerial cinematography and historical research to bring local history to a wider audience. Subjects range from castles, churches and historic landscapes to the people, events and traditions connected with them.
OrbitalFlyers is based in Irvine, North Ayrshire, and films at historic locations across Scotland. The aim is to make Scottish local history accessible and engaging while showing the places where that history actually happened.
Contacts
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Mr John Kirkland
Filmmaker
Orbitalflyers.scotland@gmail.com
Tel: 07794666695
Organisation Type
Resources Available
| Title | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Rosslyn Chapel: From Templars to The Da Vinci Code (film) |
A 5-minute 49-second documentary film by OrbitalFlyers exploring Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh, Midlothian. Using aerial footage and narration, it examines the chapel founded by Sir William Sinclair in the 15th century, its medieval stone carvings and Apprentice Pillar, and the legends linking Rosslyn to the Knights Templar, Freemasonry and the Holy Grail. It also considers Rosslyn’s later ... read more |
Online/Digitised, Film |
| Paisley’s Darkest Story: Abbey, Witch Trials & Royal Blood (film) |
An 8-minute 29-second documentary film by OrbitalFlyers exploring the history of Paisley, Renfrewshire. Using aerial and on-location footage, it follows Paisley Abbey and the town’s connections with the medieval House of Stewart, before examining the Paisley witch trials of 1697 and the case of Christian Shaw. The film brings together royal, religious and social history while distinguishing ... read more |
Online/Digitised, Film |
| Before Glasgow: The Lost Kingdom of the Clyde (film) |
A 6-minute 19-second documentary film by OrbitalFlyers exploring Dumbarton Rock and the kingdom of Alt Clut, which controlled the Clyde long before Glasgow became Scotland’s largest city. Using aerial footage and narration, it considers the Rock’s natural defences, its role as a royal stronghold of the Britons, attacks by Viking forces and the changing centres of power along the Clyde. ... read more |
Online/Digitised, Film |
| What Was Here Before Glasgow? (film) |
A 10-minute 34-second documentary film by OrbitalFlyers exploring the origins of Glasgow around the site of Glasgow Cathedral. Using aerial and on-location footage, it traces the traditions surrounding St Mungo, the early Christian settlement on the Molendinar Burn and the growth of the medieval cathedral and burgh. The film looks beneath the modern city to examine the religious community and ... read more |
Online/Digitised, Film |
| Robert the Bruce’s Lost Heart: Scotland’s Unfinished Mystery (film) |
A 12-minute 46-second documentary film by OrbitalFlyers investigating what happened to the heart of Robert the Bruce after his death in 1329. Beginning at Dunfermline Abbey, where Bruce’s body was buried, the film follows the tradition that Sir James Douglas carried the king’s heart towards the Holy Land, the fatal battle at Teba in Spain and the heart’s reported return to Melrose Abbey. It ... read more |
Online/Digitised, Film |
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