Why Drown Yourself?

Series

Series Name: Look At Life

Issue

Issue No.

339

Date Released

1965

Length of issue (in feet)

720

Stories in this Issue:

1Why Drown Yourself?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

BFI synopsis: The part played by voluntary life-saving organisations in helping bathers and water sportsmen and the RAF’s Air Sea Rescue Service in saving those in distress at sea. How children are successfully ‘drownproofed’ at Aberdovey’s Outward Bound School is also shown.

Researcher Comments

Look At Life Series 27 comprises Issues 339-351.

Keywords

Organisations; Education and training; Emergency services

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases Used for synopsis
The British National Film Catalogue Vol.3, 1965, p.52
British Movietonews Listing

Credits:

Support services: Neil Ewart
Production Co.: The Rank Organisation Special Features Division
Commentator: Tim Turner

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
Email: info@screenocean.com
Web: http://reuters.screenocean.com/
Phone: +44(0)1954 262052
Address: 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX
Notes: British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held: View all series held by Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Name: British Film Institute (BFI)
Email: For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web: http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone: 020 7255 1444
Fax: 020 7580 7503
Address: 21 Stephen Street
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).
Series held: View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 81 times.

British Universities Film & Video Council