Sick Keeper is Taken off the Wolf Rock
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sick Lighthouse Keeper Relieved. DESCRIPTION: SV "Mermaid" pays visit to lonely lighthouse off Cornwall in response to urgent SOS. SHOTLIST: Long shot of lighthouse. Scenic of this. Men in oilskins dash up from hatchway on deck of ship. "SV Mermaid" shot. Close shot of rowing boat lashed to side of lighthouse. Shot from top of lighthouse of keepers below on platform hauling on rope attached to rowing boat. Elevated close shot of same. Close shot of rowing boat drawing near. Sick man lowered to same. Close shot of three sailors on board rowing boat. shot of buoy floating on water. Shot of boat attached to side of davits of "Mermaid". Elevated shot of men swabbing the decks of same. Man climbing down ladder on side of vessel.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military; Scenery and travel
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 2006
- Length of story (in feet)
- 98
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