New Lifeboat Tractor

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
39/68
Date Released
24 Aug 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Ulster Motorcycle Grand Prix
  2. 2Famous Yacht "Vim" Shipped Home to USA
  3. 3Mud "Larks" at Southend
  4. 4Mechanised Army on the Move
  5. 5Basutoland Mourns a Chief
  6. 6New Lifeboat Tractor
  7. 7Radio Queen Selected
  8. 8John Cobb Breaks Land Speed Record
  9. 9Days of Tension
  10. 10Sandown Bay Regatta
  11. 11Train Wreck in US
  12. 12US Army Manoeuvres

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 12
Summary
New type of tractor is tried out, which will take lifeboat to the water, even when it’s miles away. It goes into the water until the lifeboat floats and then comes back again.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Vehicles
Locations
Norfolk; Wells
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
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