London River - Lifeboat Demonstration

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1312
Date Released
26 Jul 1954
Date submitted
14 Jul 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Geneva - Indo-China Truce Signed
  2. 2White City - The King George V Cup
  3. 3Canada - Power Congress
  4. 4USA New Jet Transport
  5. 5London River - Lifeboat Demonstration
  6. 6Soccer - Russian Dynamos Beaten

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Lifeboat. DESCRIPTION: This inflatable dinghy here being shown in action has been approved by the Ministry of Transport for Merchant Shipping. SHOTLIST: KS LS of the liner RMS Durban Castle. Dinghy being thrown over side of ship. Inflating. LS of man turning it upright.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Safety devices
Locations
London; King George V Dock
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
61458
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
45
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 57 times.