Lighthouse 1948

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Description

Female Lighthouse keeper.

West coast of Lancashire, near Lancaster.

The camera pans across the shoreline, Mrs Parkinson walks to twin lighthouses of Cockersands Abbey across a long breakwater. Various good shots of Mrs Parkinson cleaning reflectors and replenishing fuel of the lighthouses....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34069
Sort Number:
NP 186
Time in/Out:
01:32:58:00 / 01:35:45:00
Canister:
NP 186
Film ID:
1245.16
Issue Date:
05/04/1948

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