American Non-Capsizable Lifeboat (1920)

American non-capsizable lifeboat. Location of events unknown / unclear. Test of the boat: men use rope to turn over the boat in the water; then one man gives it a little poke with a pole and it turns over right side up. Then a shot of the boat moving along quickly towards right; oars sticking out of holes and all turning regularly together; there is a man in the back of the boat. 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.