Fireflies Three

Series

Series Name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

34

Date Released

Feb 1959

Length of issue (in feet)

1460

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fireflies Three
2. 2Not Any Drop to Drink
3. 3Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales 1958

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

NFA Summary - the R.T.B. Sailing Club
NFA synopsis: It begins with a look at the R.T.B. Sailing Club on Blaenecon reservoir, and moves on to the carpenter’s shop, where R.T.B. carpenters make a new ‘Firefly’ yacht. The launching of the new boat by Mrs. Traherne-Thomas, wife of the Commodore of the Club, is shown. Boys sail the boat, which capsizes during a boat race.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Children; Competitions; Arts and crafts; Sailing

Written sources

National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Producer

John O’Neill

Director

Pat Pullen

Sponsor

Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group

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Film Archive

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