Survival at Sea

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1657
Date Released
6 Mar 1961
Date submitted
2 Mar 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Survival at Sea. DESCRIPTION: Over went a new type of raft from the Destroyer Carron, and over went members of volunteer teams taking part in tests of survival at sea. 200 miles south-west of Ireland, it was blowing a gale and there was a heavy swell. A commercial raft failed to stand up to the weather and became water-logged after about an hour and a half. Then, for another type of raft, a standard Admiralty pattern, this time. It’s reported that in spite of the exercise being curtailed owing to the severe conditions, many important lessons were learned in the course of it. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS raft lowered into sea from the destroyer Carron. MS raft. MS man gets inside raft, disappears under top. GV another jumps from destroyer into raft. GV man joins the other inside. CU 2 men inside. MS another jumps from destroyer, raft picks him up. GV men on board destroyer watching. GV raft drifting. MS man hauled aboard destroyer. TS crew. GV another hauled aboard. MS crew, raft bobbing about. GV man jumps from destroyer, raft nearby. MLS man inside raft. LS same. MS another man jumps in. GV man helped into raft by another. MS another man joins them. MLS raft being thrown about by waves. LS raft.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Environment; Safety devices; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Admiralty
Card file number
82002
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Survival at Sea', British Movietone News Issue No. 1657, 6 Mar 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24012 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)