St. Kilda Power Station 1970-1979

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Location: St. Kilda, Scotland

Story about the power station at St. Kilda, off the coast of Scotland.

CU of control desk at the power station. CU of switched off red light. Pans out and in to reveal that light stands for 'Circuit Breaker Closed'. CU of switched off yellow light below...

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Cataloguer:
Matt
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
87435
Sort Number:
UN 4557 K
Time in/Out:
01:08:17:00 / 01:11:36:00
Canister:
UN 4557 K
Film ID:
3091.03
Issue Date:
1970 - 1979

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