Lifeboat Disaster (1939)

Cullercoats on Tyneside. Full titles read: “LIFEBOAT DISASTER“ L/S’s of the waves crashing against the Cullercoats beach. The lifeboat involved in the tragedy lies near the rocks in which took six lives during a training exercise. M/S of survivor Andrew Tweedy in hospital bed. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.