New Lamps for Old

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1601

Date Released

8 Feb 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Olympic Flame Lit
2. 2New Lamps for Old
3. 3Newspaper News
4. 4Visitor to India
5. 5Big Clean Up
6. 6Spaceman Test
7. 7Top Dogs

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

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 technical improvements will go into this new building. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS Old Dungeness Light house. GV looking at crane hoisting sections. MS prefabricated section being hoisted. CU man adjusting grapplers. GV crane driver in cabin. MS prefabricated section being hoisted. CU man looking up. GV crane lowering prefab section to position. CU crane driver. GV section being fitted. LS section being lowered into position. CU workman adjusting section. Pan man at work. LS new lighthouse. MS ditto.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Engineering

Locations

England

Card file number

79265

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

86

Story extras:

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