Coasters Unloading Timber
1960 , King's Lynn (Norfolk)
Cat no. 219307
A BBC Look East mute news report on the unloading of timber at the King's Lynn dockyards.
Shallow-hulled Coaster ships line the King's Lynn docks along the River Great Ouse. Below deck, dock workers tie large bundles of cut timber which are unloaded by crane and placed safely on the quayside.
Keywords
Cargo; Docks; Dockers; Shipping; Transport
Background Information
No exact date of transmission available - inventory lists a range of dates from 28/11 to 2/12/1960.
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Production company : BBC East
Manifestations
Coasters Unloading Timber
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Category: Non-fiction
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Genre: Television / News / Travel / Travelogue
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Locations: King's Lynn (Norfolk)
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Work Type: Television
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Description Type: monographic
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Related to: Look East
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Related to: BBC
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Subject: River Great Ouse / timber / docks / dockers / boats / cargo handling
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