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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

4441

Title

[THE FISHING INDUSTRY AROUND FLEETWOOD]

Producer

J M Betty [?]

Date

*1957/9/65

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

15 mins 51 secs

Description

Film showing different aspects of the fishing industry around Fleetwood - a trawler is seen out at sea and returning to Fleetwood. A new trawler, the Princess Elizabeth, is seen being built and out at sea. There are general views of the town and docks at Fleetwood, as well as scenes of net, basket and lobster pot making. The factory production of ice is seen, and there are views of the interior of a trawler and of hake fishing in the Atlantic.

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