Over Safely

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2095A

Date Released

31 Jul 1969

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mini-Farnborough
2. 2Affection is Not Enough
3. 3Over Safely
4. 4It’s All Go
5. 5Kick Her - She’s Breathing!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Over Safely. DESCRIPTION: Even with wheel house door open, the new Solent Class lifeboats can turn turtle and come up safely, as capsizing tests prove on the Isle of Wight. SHOTLIST: MLS top of crane pan down to new lifeboat at Cowes, IOW. MS lifeboat. MS crane starts to turn boat in water. MLS onlookers. MS boat turning over in water and zoom in to gauge on hull. MS boat turning over. CU part of crane. MCU seamen. MS boat upside down in water. MS man in rowing boat looks on. 2 shots lifeboat rights itself from capsized position. MS onlookers. MS lifeboat moored at quayside.

Keywords

Safety devices; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Isle of Wight; United Kingdom; Cowes

Card file number

95014

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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