• Short Summary

    Footage of thousand of birds seen from a lighthouse relief boat in South Africa.

  • Description

    Various shots of captain and officers on open bridge of pilot boat on its way to a lighthouse off the coast of South Africa. M/S Supplies being loaded into a rowing boat to be taken back to lighthouses.

    L/S of the supplies being unloaded on the island that the lighthouse is built on. Group shots of the lighthouse crew. L/S of Lighthouse on island with hundreds of sea birds covering the rocks.

    Various C/Us of Gannets and other sea birds nesting and mating amidst the thousands of birds in the colony on the lighthouse (or Bird) island.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1282.18
    Media URN:
    42782
    Group:
    New sound pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    14/12/1939
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:14:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:29:34:00 / 01:31:48:00
    Canister:
    NSP 193

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