STK-ID 40770

Eye Witness No. 33: The Ship that Never Sails: The "SS Lurcher", riding at permanent anchor over the shoals 20 miles from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, does double duty as lighthouse and weather station. BOATING MLSs of silhouette of ship. Shots of men working in engine room, of moving parts and dials in control panel. BOATING SHOTS around ship, people on deck waving. LS of beacon light revolving at dusk. HAS of officer alighting ship and moving away on launch. LAS of sailor climbing up to crow's nest. Shot of crewman scrubbing aft deck. Shots of officer arriving in launch and boarding ship. LAS of crewman painting rigging. HAS of man reeling in fish, baiting hook. BOATING LS, MLS of ship.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Eye Witness No. 33
Location
Nova Scotia
Year
1951
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Video Disk, HDCAM SR, Reel 35 mm
Shooting format
35mm neg b&w, 35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
PILLARBOX, ANAMORPHIC_4/3, 4/3
Available resolutions
1920 x 1080