Water Safety (1960)

C/U a hand picking up pebbles on a beach; M/S of two young boys on the beach at Worthing, West Sussex, throwing pebbles into the sea. One of them looks shocked for a moment and laughs; C/U of a diver surfacing in the water who clutches his head and shakes his fist at the boys who run off (the old Italian-style cinema on Worthing sea front is clearly seen). M/S of a man and girl getting into diving gear on the beach (Worthing pier and ballroom seen behind); another man sticks a large red flag with a white cross on it on the beach, next to one of the groynes; the diving man tests his equipment. Commentator tells us this is part of a demonstration “organised by the local home safety committee to illustrate the new Water Safety Code introduced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents“. The man walks into the sea taking a safety rope with him; the girl follows wearing a snorkel and carrying a rubber ring; they both wear flippers and deflated life jackets. They both start to swim; the man dives,