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An old man, celebrating his eighty-fifth birthday, reflects upon his life and his one true love.
This short film was entered into the 2007 Orange / BAFTA 60 Seconds of Fame competition and was a finalist in the Southern region, earning it a broadcast on BBC South Today.
Some photos featuring the man who inspired this film, Grant Wickington, can be seen below; including him parachuting aged 80, sat in a sail boat that he built himself, a car that he built from scratch, sat in one of the earliest hovercrafts to be seen in the UK which he also built from scratch and his wedding day in 1946 to Dot, the woman he is still married to.
This short film was entered into the 2007 Orange / BAFTA 60 Seconds of Fame competition and was a finalist in the Southern region, earning it a broadcast on BBC South Today.
Some photos featuring the man who inspired this film, Grant Wickington, can be seen below; including him parachuting aged 80, sat in a sail boat that he built himself, a car that he built from scratch, sat in one of the earliest hovercrafts to be seen in the UK which he also built from scratch and his wedding day in 1946 to Dot, the woman he is still married to.
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