Learning on ScreenLifeboats
Series
- Series Name
- Topic
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: St David’s is a small Welsh coastal village where life is dominated by the lifeboat, a sturdy craft manned by volunteers who launch their boat in the worst weathers when all other craft are seeking shelter. The lifeboat men of Britain have rescued more than eight thousand lives from the sea since their voluntary serivce was started in 1824. Joan and Julius Evans from California, USA, meet many of the crew of the St David’s boat - farmers, shopkeepers, fishermen, etc. - and conclude their visit with a better understanding of why the British are ‘born to boats’ and how the miracle of Dunkirk was possible.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Emergency services
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue c.1960, p.195 - used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 892/6
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign Office
- Presenter
- Joan Evans
- Presenter
- Julius Evans
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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