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1969: Keeping the LIGHTHOUSES Shining | For the Safety of All | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive
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49:28Now PlayingThere are 72 manned lighthouses around the Scottish coast and it takes a vast and complex organisation to administer them. The isolated rock stations are serviced by four ships. These ships are crewed by seamen who know every rock in the gullies which are the hazardous landing places.
This documentary is a story of storm and danger, of bravery and determination - and a story of lonely living.
Written and produced by Finlay J. MacDonald
Narrator: Tom Flemming
Camera Operator: Stuart Wyld
Sound: Nigel Wake, Gordon Forsyth, John Goodwin
Editor: Don Godden
Clip taken from Northern Lights: For the Safety of All, originally broadcast on BBC Scotland, 10 June, 1969.
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