Intertitle: "HEROES OF THE SEA. Whole town turns out to see the lifeboat launched on 'Lifeboat Day'".
L/S, looking out to sea, of the lifeboat boat with its sails up. M/S, looking towards land, of the same vessel - good view of Worthing sea front.
M/S of hoards of people walking down a street, heading towards the sea. L/S, from the sea, of the beach crowded with people. The lifeboat is being hauled down a slipway into the waves.
L/S of the lifeboat being dragged through the streets of Worthing on a trailer followed by a crowd of people. The trailer is pulled by a small army of men tugging ropes.
Intertitle: "A NEW METHOD of launching the Lifeboat, tried out by R.N. Lifeboat Institution".
M/S of a small tractor with caterpillar wheels pulling the trailer with the boat on, the lifeboat men dressed in lifejackets walk beside. M/S of the caterpillar tractor shunting the boat into the waves. M/S of the tractor dragging the empty trailer up the slipway.
Various shots of the boat being manoeuvred onto the beach from the road - all the men in the town seem to be involved, shouting instructions etc. More shots of the tractor shunting the boat off the trailer.
Note: this story is not edited in a chronological order - the boat is launched after it is seen sailing.
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Comments (0)
We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.