Lightermen Documentary (1984)
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3 жыл бұрынEnjoy this great Documentary by Susi Arnott that follows the daily workings of Cory Lightermen in 1984 onboard the tug General VII
The tug General VII in the film was lost with all hands in a collision the following year; this particular crew were on transfer from their usual vessel the 'Merit'.
Camera- Susi Arnott
Sound- Matthew Evans
Directed and edited- Susi Arnott and Matthew Evans
Sound post-production-Paul Hamblyn
16mm b&w
Running time: 30min 30sec
Shot on a range of hand-held cameras with black and white film stock. The visual style is heavily influenced by the Picture Post school of B&W photography. The film makers were students of Colin Young at the NFTVS, who coined the term 'observational cinema'.
@mozdickson
Absolutely superb. Loved seeing so much detail of the actual manual work, the banter, the lack of H&S! I'm from New Zealand and was in and around London last Summer - walked the Thames Path, including Thamesmead to Purfleet/Dartford Creek. Ugly industrial fly-tipping wasteland? Not on your life - history, graft, Estuary, birdlife, the out of sight stuff a city needs, like building waste sorting. God bless em all. Madness, the Jam, The Smiths...would've been on the radio on them lighters
@seanoconnor5737
My dad was a lighterman working on a tug also called the General, They moored up and worked out of Charlton.
@SCCFORUM 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film. Would be amazing to see a follow up today of these guys if they are still around.
@johnadams3730 3 жыл бұрын
I am 71 my grandfather was a skipper on a tug called the Gnat his name was Charles Morris Brown wish I new more.
@PillSharks 3 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear the deckhand mentioned the Golthic, a few men from my village sailed on her and a couple of men I worked with over the years, my father also sailed on some of the shaw saville boats, in fact it was the Majestic which sailed my father back from Australia as a distressed british seaman in the 60s.
@chidon7465 3 жыл бұрын
I'm American and I love videos about docklands
@no.7593
Lost, lost! The old working class, salt of the earth, backbone of the nation.
@philipblick8887
Great movie very interesting thanks for sharing cheers 😂
@freddypflugbeil6
What wonderful times Looks like
@brian.7966 2 жыл бұрын
now all gone, not to be seen again,
@headsup2433
The refuse from these barges was never dumped on Canvey Island but at Pitsea land reclamation and land fill site. Which now days is nearly full.
@johnadams3730 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a skipper on the Tug the Gnat before the war his name was Morris Charles Brown i wish I could find out more.
@jeffsmith50001
Anyone remember Bill Lester ? fell off a ladder ! deed !.
@nigelc6038 Жыл бұрын
When men where men 👍
@butzee 3 жыл бұрын
Any idea what church he's on about with the yew tree?
@adrianharper1535
5.07 that’s my dad. I’m older now than he was then.
@mechanick1000 3 жыл бұрын
got a few names wrong and i think about a year or less later the tug general v11 which this was not the merit sunk in northfleet taking a lot of the hands with her then she was scraped
@davidcrooks1752 3 жыл бұрын
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