Calf Of Man 1959

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L/S of an island - it is the Calf of Man a small island off the Isle of Man. Various shots of the island landscape from a moving boat. Shots of the many gulls that live there. C/U of a baby bird and another just about to hatch from an egg.

A woman clambers around the edge of the cliff. She...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2493
Sort Number:
CP 240
Time in/Out:
01:30:00:00 / 01:32:52:00
Canister:
CP 240
Film ID:
93.13
Issue Date:
03/08/1959

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