New Life Saver

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1765A
Date Released
4 Apr 1963
Date submitted
1 Apr 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Life Saver. DESCRIPTION: The pride of the Royal Lifeboat Service, their latest and biggest boat. She’s built on a ‘self-righting’ principle, to cope with the ultimate in rough seas! She’s also the first British lifeboat to be fitted with radar. When her trials are completed, she’ll be leaving Littlehampton - for Edinburgh, and after that she’ll be based at Yarmouth. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV life-boat at sea. MS front of same. LS same at sea (3 shots). MS same by pier. BS same (4 shots). CU name and badge of life-boat Earl and Countess of Howe. GV life-boat. For the first time the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has produced a lifeboat of the larger class, with a cabin and shelter for the crew and survivors. The boat is 48-foot 6 inches, and is the first to be fitted with radar.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Locations
Littlehampton
Card file number
86335
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
Film clip

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'New Life Saver', British Movietone News Issue No. 1765A, 4 Apr 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25044 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)