Tenby Lifeboat Launch -1956 (Historic footage) STORM CONE Chapter 4
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Tenby Lifeboat - Henry Comber Brown (Watson Class) launches into a gale in the making of the film STORM CONE Chapter 4
© Independent Artists (Productions) Ltd.
The film was made with the help of the RNLI in 1956. The only actress was the worried girl all others played themselves. The film starts in the Frank B Mason estate agents office. S.Lowe - Tenby LBS
Come to this late in life. A real tear jerker seeing all the boatmen we knew well. Thanks for putting this one up.
absolute gem! How rare is this. I remember the henry comber brown when I was a lifeboat mad kid in the 80's. what lovely boats the old double enders were, much more character than the new breeds
I have just showed my father this and he is so excited as he was a Tenby boy and knows all people in the clip,he now lives in Australia so he is over the moon with it
An excellent piece of vintage film of the Lifeboat at Tenby..Thanks..5* Bob
FANTASTIC footage! ... Many thanks for posting this!
Great to see this again. A wonderful film. Everyone spoke very "posh" back then didn't they!!
What a great old film. Things have certainly progressed with the new Tamar class and lifeboat station nowadays.
They certainly were, looking back into the history and the stats of the time the Henry Comber Brown carried out loads of services compared to the earlier boats. Maybe the equivilant numbers of today, but in those days they always seemed to be putting out in a storm.
I believe Dennis was the founder, he has recently passed away and he would be horrified to think people thought he was ripping them off as he lets properties for other people by just taking the commission. We owe Dennis a huge debt for giving up a lot of his valuable time launching the Tenby lifeboat to save lives and running it's affairs for many years
The Henry Comber Brown sits in Ramsey Harbour on the Isle of Man now… she’s rotting away a bit by the looks of things
Yes there is but i haven't had the time to edit it and upload it. It's a bit of an anticlimax as the storm blows through and the ship is pictured on the rocks, in fact it was a shot of a real wreck off Ireland somewhere.
Excellent and very professional film clip.
I recognise the parts of Tenby and the old lifeboat house from holidays there! I wonder if Dennis Bancroft (the estate agent) was the fonder of the FBM estate agents who rip people off for holiday accomodation every year?
There is now ! or I should say there will be - i'm uploading it
Is there a Chapter 5?
You can't blame the founder for the greed of the present business, I'm afraid I speak from bitter expeience. I am quite prepeared to believe Dennis Bancroft was a decent and fair chap and I have no doubt that he gave up much of his time for the good of the community and life saving. However, values that I'm sure he upheld are sadly no longer the values of the present business and that is such a shame.