Firefly Racing Dinghy

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

178

Date Released

26 May 1958

Date recorded

18 Apr 1958

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Silverstone Racing
2. 2Tutti Men Ceremony
3. 3Firefly Racing Dinghy

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: In Hamble, Hampshire, we visit the factory where Firefly racing dinghies are built. to see how modern methods are applied to the age-old craft of boat-building. The boats are not made of stout timber, but of layers of thin veneer, bonded together in an outsize oven to form a hull of impressive strength which will stand up to tremendous battering. [The method is called hot moulding.]

Keywords

Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture

Locations

England; Hamble; Hampshire

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

372

Story extras:

Film clip

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