Long lost dram documentary - Clacton lifeboat

[Simonpk]

Saw this in the local paper today. Might be interesting, or not as I haven't watched it yet, if you have a spare 20 minutes to kill.

"A LONG-forgotten film chronicling a day in the life of Clacton’s lifeboat crew in the Sixties has been rediscovered.
Nine Men and a Boat is a drama-documentary made by members of Clacton Cine Club in 1964.
It shows how the Clacton life boat volunteers’ daily lives were interrupted by an emergency sea rescue.
The 20-minute amateur film follows the men as they drop everything to go to a sailor in distress."


https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-nine-men-and-a-boat-1964-online

 

[ex-Gladys]

Amazing... takes you back just seeing the cars and the dust cart... Particularly liked the "first aid"!

 

[Capt. Clueless]

I'll have a watch of that tomorrow.

 

[LittleSister]

Excellent! Thanks for the tip.

Amazing... takes you back just seeing the cars . . . .

and the lack of them!

 

[adamstjohn]

Stand up you fine people of clacton, loved the way they swigged their pints, half gone in a gulp, and bring back the term dustmgen whilst we are at it, my wife and kids wouldn’t be very happy if I took them to sea in that ‘small yacht’, looked like a mirror dingy to me. Wonderful film, I loved it.

 

[Champagne Murphy]

That was good. Takes you back to when TV didn't start until 4pm.

 

[ex-Gladys]

Stand up you fine people of clacton, loved the way they swigged their pints, half gone in a gulp, and bring back the term dustmgen whilst we are at it, my wife and kids wouldn’t be very happy if I took them to sea in that ‘small yacht’, looked like a mirror dingy to me. Wonderful film, I loved it.

Not as big as a mirror, and not enough "V" forward. It looks like one of Percy Blandford's little abortions like a Gremlin

 

[MoodySabre]

Thanks for that. Was that really filmed in my youth? I must be getting old - oh um.

 

[dolabriform]

Thanks for that