News in Colour: Lifeboat Exhibition

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2356A
Date Released
1 Aug 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lifeboat Exhibition Colour. DESCRIPTION: In the ‘Year of the Lifeboat’ - the International Lifeboat Exhibition at West Hoe Park, Plymouth. Lifeboats from all over the world, and presenting the RNLI’s latest vessels. SHOTLIST: GV Plymouth Lifeboat with Duke of Kent aboard in Plymouth Sound (Drake’s Island in b/g). GV various lifeboats in procession. GV all lifeboats milling around. SV Plymouth Lifeboat with Duke on board talking to VIPs. STV Duke up steps of jetty. SV crowds watching. SCU pan Duke walking with VIPs. Tracking shot past girl ‘Sea Scouts’. SV Duke chatting to girl sea scout. GV exhibition site & sign. SV large sign ‘International Lifeboat Exhibition’, SV pan as Duke walks into exhibition grounds. GTV lifeboats on view in exhibition site. SV RNLB the ‘Elliot Gill’. CU Duke of Kent. SV pan RNLI inshore lifeboat. SV two twin outboard motors. SV steering wheel & controls. SV inshore lifeboat on water zoom back to GV assembled lifeboats. SV flag on stern of the Monsun (Gdynia, Poland). CU name on stern ‘Monsun’. GV lifeboat Monsun pan to ‘R/S Platou’ (Oslo). SV Oslo flag pan down to name on stern. SV Duke looking at an old tractor for towing lifeboats into the sea. Driven by 40 horse power petrol engine, in the 1920s tractors began to replace horses which were once used to pull lifeboats into the water. SV tractor. SV Duke puts a coin in lifeboat collection box. SV lifeboats on view. SV John Dare showing his bronze medal for gallantry to the crew of Plymouth lifeboat he is the coxswain. CU bronze medal on John Dare’s jersey pan up to John smiling. GV United States coastguard cutter. CU insignia on boat United States Coastguard 1970. LV 2 US coastguard cutters tied up alongside. SCU 2 US naval officers. SV pan water cannon in action on Swedish boat. SV man operating water cannon (name of boat Sigurd Colje). CU water cannon. GV exhibition site with Plymouth Sound in background.
Keywords
Royalty; Organisations; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Children; Fundraising; Exhibitions and shows; Youth
Locations
Plymouth
Card file number
74/83
Credits:
Camera
Cedric Baynes
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
207
Story extras:
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'News in Colour: Lifeboat Exhibition', British Movietone News Issue No. 2356A, 1 Aug 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30428 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)