Why Drown Yourself?
Series
- Series Name
- Look At Life
Issue
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:
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- Support services
- Neil Ewart
- Production Co.
- The Rank Organisation Special Features Division
- Commentator
- Tim Turner
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Film Archive
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- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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How to cite this record
'Why Drown Yourself?', Look At Life Issue No. 339, 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/350508 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)