Needles Lighthouse (1948)

Needles lighthouse. Three lighthouse keepers keep watch. Solent, off Isle of Wight. Various shots as the boat with one relief lighthouse keeper and more food arrives at the Needles. L, S of the keeper who is going home, he waves from the top of the lighthouse. M, S as new keeper climbs the steps to the lantern and unscrews the bulb to polish it, another is cleaning the glass outside. M, S as one walks out with a mat and sits down. M, S of another writing a letter home. M, S man stitching mat. The other one rolls up his letter and puts it in a bottle. M, S as he throws it out to sea where it may drift home. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910