Once Aboard the Lugger

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 3rd Year

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

Sep 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Machine Shop Window
2. 2Marshalling Aid
3. 3Rhondda Gateway
4. 4Once Aboard the Lugger

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: East Wemyss regatta. The traditional regatta with 17-foot lug-rigged craft arced by miners and often built by them.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 15th to the 16th July 1949.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Sailing

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Camera

Charles Wilford Smith

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Camera

John Reid

Camera

Lionel Griffiths

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Director

Tony Thompson