My films

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Films with full length videos

PHAROS 1960 - 1961 [3730] Lighthouse inspection made in 1960 - 1961 by the Pharos VIII [possibly 1969?]. Main duties of this Northern Lighthouse Board Ship included the delivery of stores and supplies, buoyworking and the statutory inspection of the navigation aids on oil rigs in the Scottish sector. Beginning in Gourock, the ship makes its way near Cowal Hills, Bradda Head, Port St Mary, Langness and Douglas Harbour [possibly 1969?]. The 1961 footage features Bell Rock, Cromarty, Duncansby Head, Stromness, Cape Wrath, Lewis, Skerryvore and finishes up in Oban.

1969 silent col