New Life Saver

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1765A

Date Released

4 Apr 1963

Date submitted

1 Apr 1963

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1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Life Saver. DESCRIPTION: The pride of the Royal Lifeboat Service, their latest and biggest boat. She’s built on a ‘self-righting’ principle, to cope with the ultimate in rough seas! She’s also the first British lifeboat to be fitted with radar. When her trials are completed, she’ll be leaving Littlehampton - for Edinburgh, and after that she’ll be based at Yarmouth. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV life-boat at sea. MS front of same. LS same at sea (3 shots). MS same by pier. BS same (4 shots). CU name and badge of life-boat Earl and Countess of Howe. GV life-boat. For the first time the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has produced a lifeboat of the larger class, with a cabin and shelter for the crew and survivors. The boat is 48-foot 6 inches, and is the first to be fitted with radar.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Littlehampton

Card file number

86335

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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