Fibre Glass Boats

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

163

Date Released

10 Feb 1958

Date recorded

10 Jan 1958

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ice Sculptor
2. 2Fibre Glass Boats
3. 3Wolf Mankowitz

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Going to sea in a sieve sounds silly enough, but how about setting sail on a bunch of fibres - each measuring one-fiftieth the diameter of a human hair? Well, it is not as silly as it sounds, for boats made of fibre glass, bonded together with special resin and other materials, have four times the strength of steel. When fitted with an inboard motor and two built-in bouyancy tanks, the boats can cruise along even when they are three-quarters full of water - which is more than a sieve can!

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

England; Hertfordshire; Rickmansworth

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

230

Story extras:

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