New Lifeboat

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2137

Date Released

18 May 1970

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Visit to Port Talbot
2. 2The Carving Opera Singer
3. 3Hmnzs Canterbury Launched
4. 4New Lifeboat
5. 5Cranfield College
6. 6Monaco Grand Prix
7. 7Six Hour Kart Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lifeboat. DESCRIPTION: The first of four new rescue boats for the Royal Lifeboat Institute makes its debut. They’re the first to be commissioned for the service with glass reinforced plastic hulls. SHOTLIST: SV man aboard lifeboat. SCU motors pan up to crew at helm. LV lifeboat underway. SV pan lifeboat at sea. GV 3 shots ditto. Glass reinforced plastic hulls.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Somerset; Weston-super-Mare

Card file number

95922

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

47

Story extras:

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