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Kent - Family Lifeboat

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1711A
Date Released
22 Mar 1962
Date submitted
19 Mar 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Wembley - Winners on Wood
  2. 2London - Follow That Fish
  3. 3Passion Wagon
  4. 4Luton - Extra for Executives
  5. 5Kent - Family Lifeboat
  6. 6Grand National - Take Your Choice

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Its a Family Affair. DESCRIPTION: Dungeness is the place, and the story concerns the Royal National Lifeboat there. They call it the family boat because two families, the Tart family and the Oiller family (wives as well as husbands) play a principal part in operating the station. Our pictures show a practice launch. SHOTLIST: Key scene. AL pan Dungeness. MS lifeboat house. MCU ditto. MS woman talking. CU baby. MS woman wash. MS woman talking. CU alarm goes off. MS women run. MS woman gets on bike. CU sign To Lifeboat. MS woman and children running. MS men. MS pan crew. (2 shots) women put down skids. MS women pull boat down to sea. MS ditto. MS lifeboat. MS lifeboat into sea. MS women. GV ditto (2 shots) men on boat. MS sea. MS men in boat. CU capstan. MS lifeboat into shed. CU wire. GV lifeboat in shed.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Locations
Kent; Dungeness
Card file number
84068
Credits:
Camera
John Abbott
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
141
Story extras:

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