This mid to late 1960s film shows a group of keepers painting the Fair Isle South lighthouse. Includes shots of keepers painting the tower from a movable platform, paint being poured into buckets and hoisted to top of the tower, and views from the tower looking down.
Filmed by Dennis and Stella Shepherd. Donated by Chris and Peter Reep.
Painting a lighthouse is no easy task, and this film really shows how the keepers had to work together to get the job done!
| 00:00:00 | Fair Isle South Lighthouse plaque 1891 |
|---|---|
| 00:00:03 | Long shot of the lighthouse, zooming into the tower. |
| 00:00:15 | Man in yellow oilskins, climbing over tower balcony to stand on scaffolding to paint. |
| 00:00:34 | Long shot of lighthouse being painted. |
| 00:00:43 | Keepers working with paint, ladders, pulleys and ropes. Buckets of paint being hoisted up to the workers. |
| 00:01:47 | Shots from the tower looking down. Views of courtyard and road. |
| 00:01:58 | Two keepers on balcony and two on scaffolding. |
| 00:02:24 | Sheep and lambs. |
| 00:02:28 | Reflection of lighthouse in water. Long shot of tower being painted. |
| 00:02:43 | Views of landscape - houses, hills and coast. |
| 00:03:09 | Two seagulls sitting on concrete. |
| 00:03:15 | More shots of the tower being painted. Including two keepers on platform moving round tower. |
| 00:03:40 | Close up of tower being painted. |
| 00:03:52 | Two keepers looking down from tower, while two on platform continue to paint. |
| 00:04:02 | Keeper smoking at bottom of tower and then hosing down path. |
| 00:04:09 | View of coast. |
