Storm-bound lighthousemen receive mail and supplies (1952)
GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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The lighthousemen of Wolf Rock, marooned for nearly one month due to gale storms, receive their Christmas mail via a homemade kite, and provisions are sent in by a line shot to the lighthouse by a rocket
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SLATE INFORMATION: Kite Supplies Storm-Bound Lighthouse Men
ENGLAND: Cornwall: Land’s End: Wolf Rock Lighthouse:
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LIGHTHOUSES Relief men in Wolf Rock with mail and provisions after 26 days.. brought to men by tow line
WOLF ROCK LIGHTHOUSE After 26 days mail and provisions are got to men in the Lighthouse.. mail flown in by kite and rocket fired tie line for foodstuffs etc.. shots of the mail etc delivered from the tiny craft.. heavy waves and swell batter lighthouse
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storms, gales, ingenuity, rescue, relief
Background: The lighthousemen of Wolf Rock, marooned for nearly one month due to
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Storm-bound lighthousemen receive mail and supplies (1952)