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1929 Christmas delivery to the East Goodwin Lightship
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0:43Now PlayingDate: 19th December 1929
Location: Goodwin Sands, Kent
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: 'Christmas Cheer - Rough weather makes the Xmas visit to the lightships on the Goodwins a difficult task'
ENGLAND: Kent: Goodwin Sands:
East Goodwin lightship at sea off Kent coast / Person waving flowers / Presents passed from ship to small boat at sea / Boat away / Parcels unloaded from small boat onto lightship / Lightship on rough seas / Lightship crew pulling giant Christmas cracker / Crew in small boat setting off from lightship
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