News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Lifeboat Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
503A
Date Released
26 Jan 1939
Date submitted
28 Jan 1939
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
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Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wreckage of the SS Wilston. DESCRIPTION: Tragedy strikes the Cornish town of St Ives when seven men lose their lives as the lifeboat is smashed on rocks. SHOTLIST: Watchers of the beach at St Ives see several pieces of wreckage washed ashore. The wreckage is presumed to be part of the wreck of the SS Wilston, which it is believed was the boat which the St Ives Lifeboat left to assist. Shots of the life-boatmen, wives, street.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
35431
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Lifeboat Disaster', British Movietone News Issue No. 503A, 26 Jan 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9622 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)