A dupe of an 8mm film produced by Ken Leckenby of a visit to the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast in 1968. Taking a boat from Seahouses the group visits both Staple Island and Longstone Rock to seen the various sea birds who nest there. Kittiwake, cormorant and puffin feature prominently as well as a colony of grey seals basking on a rock. Title: A Magnetic Sound Stripe Film Title: KL Films present Title: The Farne Islands Credit: Produced by Ken Leckenby The War Memorial...

A dupe of an 8mm film produced by Ken Leckenby of a visit to the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast in 1968. Taking a boat from Seahouses the group visits both Staple Island and Longstone Rock to seen the various sea birds who nest there. Kittiwake, cormorant and puffin feature prominently as well as a colony of grey seals basking on a rock. Title: A Magnetic Sound Stripe Film Title: KL Films present Title: The Farne Islands Credit: Produced by Ken Leckenby The War Memorial along Main Street in the village of Seahouses in Northumberland. A sign promotes ‘Boat Trips to The Farnes’ and people wondering around the tourist village. A group of visitors look up at a billboard for the Farne Islands while at the nearby harbour a fishing trawler pulls up along a quayside. A woman sits along the quayside watching the fisherman at working on their boats. A motorboat pulls up to a jetty and passengers for the Farne Islands climb aboard. The boat full it departs the harbour for the open sea. At the till of the boat the pilot or captain, around him passengers enjoying the sea views. As the boat approaches Staple Island, The Pinnacles with various sea birds both swimming in the sea or resting on the rock stack. On Stape Island itself a National Trust sign giving landing fee of 3/6 per head. Passengers disembark from the boat onto a concrete jetty and begin to explore the island. Again, various sea birds rest in large groups atop The Pinnacles including Kittiwake many of whom sit on nests along the cliff edge. On one nest the head of a chick peaks out briefly from its parents’ plumage. On another cliff edge nesting cormorants and a woman walking carefully along the cliff. On another rocky outcrop a colony of puffins with a photographer trying to take their picture using a long lens. Back on the water the boat passes several vessels travelling in the opposite direction. In the near distance the distinctive red and white stripes of the Longstone Lighthouse on Longstone Rock. Resting on a rocky outcrop nearby a colony of grey seals with some of their number swimming in the water. The Farne Lighthouse on Inner Farne changes to two boats moored in the water nearby. Visitors wonder around the lighthouse passing Artic terns nesting in the grass near St Cuthberts Chapel. Along the coastline several common eider duck resting on rocks or swimming in the sea. A large gull wonders past. The film ends with the journey back to the mainland with the boat arriving at Seahouses Harbour. End title: The end