RARE footage of BBC star and Largs Viking Festival patron Magnus Magnusson talking passionately about the success of the festival can be seen online for free.
The footage is available for viewing on the National Library of Scotland website and is a fascinating insight into the early years of the festival.
Excerpts of one of the popular raft races and a Viking re-enactment can be seen in the amazing footage, as well as the Viking Festival of Fire including burning of the boat and fireworks display at its former location of Largs Pencil.
The long boat Dim Riv also features which played an important role in the closing ceremony of that year.
And the famous BBC Mastermind quizmaster celebrity, who was the first patron of the festival, gives his interview piece in unflappable fashion, making light of the fact that he even has to talk over the tannoy in the background.
The footage also shows the former Moorings ballroom and restaurant, and Royal Hotel and Springfield Hotel buildings too, which all belonged to the period.
The footage which comes from 1984 also shows the Brisbane Queen of that year Christina McIntyre.
The short film comes from a local community video service which was shown to people in hospital, housebound residents and the hard of hearing.
In the video, Magnus said: "Largs was where the last real fling of the Norwegian power politics in Scotland in 1263 when the Battle of Largs took place and that was the last attempt by a Norwegian king to express his authority over the Western Isles.
"The Western Isles were being targeted by King Alexander and they sent this great punitive fleet across to try and keep the Western Isles in place as there were Norwegian colonies at the time and also to try and tell the King of Scotland not to meddle with Norwegians.
"The Norwegian fleet anchored in the Clyde in front of Largs, and by mistake some of the ships were blown onshore and a scuffle developed but it was so late in the year in the autumn the Norwegians decided they wouldn't stay any longer and decided to go home.
"The Hakon Hakkonsson lecture has now become a very important lecture in the calendar of the academic year when we get top people coming here to talk about the history of the Viking age as it relates to Scotland and Northern England.
"It is always a sell-out and people are fascinated in history more and more so."
Magnus completed the video interview by wishing a hearty good luck to all the patients who are in hospital before signing off.
The video footage can be watched here
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