Safety at Sea. Testing a New Life Boat. Even When the Boat is Turned Bottom Upwards, It Invariably Rights Itself

Series

Series Name: Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

706

Date Released

27 Dec 1917

Stories in this Issue:

1. Canadian Highlanders in New York. Scots Give Send off to American Navy Men
2. M Venizelos Reviews the French Cadets and Boy Scouts at the Greek Legation in Paris
3. The Uc 5 Visits New York. The Captured German Submarine Has Been Lent by the British Admiralty to Help American Liberty Loan
4. Modern Warfare. Officers Practising with the ‘West’ Spring Gun and Bomb Throwing Catapult
5. Safety at Sea. Testing a New Life Boat. Even When the Boat is Turned Bottom Upwards, It Invariably Rights Itself

Story

Story No. within this Issue: 5 / 5
Summary: Demonstration on lifeboat at quayside.
Keywords: Ships and boats
Library number GR: 2000
Length of story (in feet): 84

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'Safety at Sea. Testing a New Life Boat. Even When the Boat is Turned Bottom Upwards, It Invariably Rights Itself', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 706, 27 Dec 1917. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/76978 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

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