River Police - Rescue
Series
- Series Name
- Colour Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: Back in the days of sail a Dr Patrick Colquhoun formed a police force to combat the widespread looting of cargo ships moored in the Thames. From that force the Thames River Police was born, a body of highly trained men with a wide range of duties. This reconstruction of a life-saving incident vividly illustrates only one of the many emergencies they may have to deal with on their daily round.
- Researcher Comments
- Title on lobby card reads "River Police Rescue".
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Police; Emergency services
- Locations
- London; River Thames; England
- Written sources
- Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- David De Keyser
- Length of story (in feet)
- 321
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