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Title: PHAROS 1966

Reference number: 3734

Date: 1966

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 15.06min

Description: Lighthouse inspection made in 1966 by the Pharos VIII. 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. This film features waters around the Isle of May, Shetland, Orkney and Norway.

Written on card contained inside original can "1966 - PHAROS - U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER - FIDRA - ISLE OF MAY - SUMBURGH HD - BROCH OF MOUSA - BRESSAY - OUT SKERRIES - MUCKLE FLUGGA - FAIR ISLE - NORTH RONALDSHAY - DUNNET HD & LANDING PLACE - HOLBURN HD. NORWAY - BERGEN HARBOUR - MARSTEIN - SLATTERY - MAURANGERFIORD & GLACIER - UTSIRA - YITESUNGEN KVITSOY - FYENSTANE - STAVANGER. BASS ROCK"

The Pharos vessel featured in this film would appear to be PHAROS VIII in service 1955 - 1988. Main duties being the delivery of stores and supplies, buoyworking and the statutory inspection of the navigation aids on oil rigs in the Scottish sector. It was built in 1955 by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee (507) and based at Granton. As of 2000, it was still in service , the owners being International Maritime Resources Ltd, registered at Port of Spain.
Information from Northern Lighthouse Board website with acknowledgement made to Graeme Somner - http://www.nlb.org.uk/historical/ships.htm [last accessed 09/07/2020]

This film is part of the Northern Lighthouse Board Collection. See refs. 3720, 3725 - 3737 and 9946

Shotlist: Gv's around a coastline. An aircraft carrier can be seen in the background. (.19) C/u of the aircraft carrier as the Pharos sails by. Helicopters as well as aeroplanes can be seen on deck. (.31) Lighthouse men leaning on the deck rail of the Pharos. (.45) Pan of the land and seascape taken from a cliff top. A flag pole is in the foreground. Small islands can be seen in the background, and the ship is at anchor in the bay. (1.07) Lighthouse men walking up a slipway. (1.28) Small white washed square stone building. (1.31) Large grey rectangular lighthouse. (1.45) L/s of a lighthouse perched on a headland. (1.53) View of a car driving into the lighthouse grounds taken from the roof of one of the buildings. (2.12) C/u of a red fog horn. (2.17) View of a broch. (2.45) Lighthouse on a point. (3.00) Lighthouse men working with the ropes of the motor launch while it is held in place by the davits. (3.11) View taken from a lamp room of lighthouse men working on a slipway with a red winch, and the rail tracks leading up from the sea. (3.18) C/u of the rail tracks as lighthouse men walk down them. Pan up to the lighthouse. (3.31) Gv of the lighthouse and skerries. (3.45) Gv of coastlines. (4.00) Gv of a lighthouse built on a large section of rock. (4.13) Gv of lighthouse men standing at various stages on the steep stone steps up to the lighthouse. The only separation between the steps and the shear drop is a red rope tied to metal rods. (4.27) View of the motor launch bobbing about in the gully. A red crane is at the pier head, and red metal railings lead away from the sea. (4.41) C/u of a lighthouse man holding a still camera. (4.45) View at the top of the rock. Lighthouse men standing looking over the side. Camera follows a wire attached to a red winch at the top down the rock race to view the motor launch and the pier below. (5.22) Lighthouse men climbing down a red ladder into the motor launch. (5.41) Gv's of a lighthouse and fog horn. (6.09) Pan of the view taken from the lamp room. The ship is anchored just off the coast. (6.20) Small white construction on by the shore. (6.23) View out to sea. (6.28) Gv of a shore, red and white lighthouse in the background. A lighthouse man is standing in the motor launch preparing it to be lowered. (6.45) Gv's of the lighthouse, and the lighthouse men walking around the buildings and grounds. (7.05) View of an old and a new fog horn. (7.09) Gv of the lighthouse men getting into the motor launch from a slipway. (7.20) L/s of a lighthouse on a point, and a passenger ferry sailing by. (7.33) Pan of around the landscape of a fjord, houses dotting the hills. (8.10) Small cream coloured lighthouse on a rock. (8.19) Lighthouse men walking up a concrete path to the lighthouse. (8.34) View of the surrounding landscape from the lamp room. View of the Norwegian flag. (8.44) C/u of a man in a woolly hat. (8.49) Gv of the lighthouse taken from the ship. (8.59) View of the motor launch being raised. (9.07) L/s of a red lighthouse with a single white stripe. (9.17) View of lighthouse men standing at the base of the tall red lighthouse. (9.34) L/s of the red lighthouse with the white stripe. (9.45) Fjord land line. (9.52) C/u of a lighthouse man on deck. (9.55) Gv's of the land as the ship sails down the fjord. (10.50) Gv of a small red lighthouse. (10.55) Gv of a small settlement of houses, c/u of some of the children. (11.02) C/u of a man walking up some steps. (11.10) Lighthouse men walking up to a red lighthouse. (11.18) Cream coloured building on top of a hill. (11.26) C/u of the cream coloured building with lighthouse men outside. (11.44) Pan of the rocky, harsh landscape. Glimpses of small villages can be seen. (12.10) Lighthouse man standing at the base of a flag pole with the Norwegian flag flying. (12.16) Gv's of the pretty wooden houses of a Norwegian village. (12.41) Gv of the inter connecting fjords and islands. (12.54) C/u of a man looking at a map. (13.02) Gv of coastline. (13.09) C/u of three lighthouse men. (13.17) View taken from a lamp room of the slipway, and paths leading up to the lighthouse. (13.30) Gv of a red and white striped lighthouse. (13.38) Gv of a town harbour. (14.07) Gv of the busy quay. (14.29) Gv of the Bass Rock taken from the ship. (14.42) Gv of the Bass Rock lighthouse. (14.52) Lighthouse men climbing down some steps, and into the motor launch. (15.06)

[Written on card contained inside original can "1966 - PHAROS - U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER - FIDRA - ISLE OF MAY - SUMBURGH HD - BROCH OF MOUSA - BRESSAY - OUT SKERRIES - MUCKLE FLUGGA - FAIR ISLE - NORTH RONALDSHAY - DUNNET HD & LANDING PLACE - HOLBURN HD. NORWAY - BERGEN HARBOUR - MARSTEIN - SLATTERY - MAURANGERFIORD & GLACIER - UTSIRA - YITESUNGEN KVITSOY - FYENSTANE - STAVANGER. BASS ROCK"]