Designed for Safety

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1767

Date Released

15 Apr 1963

Date submitted

10 Apr 1963

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Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Designed for Safety. DESCRIPTION: Remember our recent pictures of the Royal Lifeboat Institution’s latest and biggest boat, undergoing trials. They reached a climax in Portsmouth Dockyard with a final test to prove its ‘self-righting’ capabilities. Over - and up in less than 10 seconds. There’s a design for safety. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS new lifeboat past camera. MCU name of boat (Earl and Countess of Howe). TS lifeboat. MS crowds on docks watching. MS lifeboat turned over. MLS same refloats. Mr Richard Oakley, a 62-year-old surveyor for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI), was in the new lifeboat when it capsized and came up again.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Safety devices

Locations

Portsmouth; Littlehampton

Card file number

86385

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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