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James Wickham Joins Irish Fishing Fleet

Date released

3 Apr 1950

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1087

NoS ID

016304

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: James Wickham Joins Irish Fishing Fleet (Mute). DESCRIPTION: The trawler James Wickham joins Irish fishing fleet, having first received a blessing from Father Nolan. SHOTLIST: KS. GV...

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Relief for Wolf Rock

Date released

9 Feb 1948

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

48/12

NoS ID

102204

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Relief at hand for men marooned on Wolf Rock lighthouse.

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The American Scene

Date released

3 Jan 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1022

NoS ID

015498

Story no

1 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atlantic Scene. DESCRIPTION: LIGHTHOUSE DEMOLISHED - The Shinnecock Lighthouse, on the coast of Long Island, is redundant so had to be demolished. WRIGHT PLANE INSTALLED - The Wright...

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It’s an Idea

Date released

22 Jul 1946

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

46/58

NoS ID

101213

Story no

3 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Housing shortage drives homeless to novel ideas in make-shift residences. Nissen huts, converted barges, yachts, omnibuses, army assault craft and even a lighthouse become homes from the desperate.

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Lighthouse and Postman

Date released

15 Sep 1938

Series name

New Series Pictorial

Issue no

129

NoS ID

116101

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

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Chinook helicopter downed off Shetlands (1986)

Genre

Interview

Doug Dale, a lighthouse keeper, on the rescue operation for the Chinook helicopter which crashed in the sea off Sunborough in the Shetland Islands; how they found out about the disaster; survivors (two so...

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ARRIVAL

Date other

26 Jun 1929

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

NoS ID

385733

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Safe return of flight - Lieutenant Muir and Flying Officer Owen arrive in Brisbane in a Qantas plane ‘Atalanta’ piloted by Captain Brain. Also shows keepers of a lighthouse on the South...

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New Lamps for Old

Date released

8 Feb 1960

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1601

NoS ID

023451

Story no

2 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Lamps for Old. DESCRIPTION: Dungeness is to have new lamps for old, involving the construction of a new lighthouse to take them. It’s being built the modern way, and many...

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Holland 1 submarine lifted from seabed (1982)

Genre

Interview

Telephone interview with Lieutenant John Wakely on the lifting from the seabed off the coast of Cornwall of the Holland 1 - the Royal Navy’s first operational submarine which sank in 1913, three miles from...

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Murder investigation in Shoreham (1985)

Genre

Interview

Detective Superintendent John McConnell on the murder of members of the Teed family (George Teed, his wife Hilda, and their son David), who ran the Lighthouse Club in Shoreham. He describes the details of...

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