The men of the Montrose Lifeboat Service

Men struggle into huge oilskin coats and cork lifejackets, so different to modern equipment. The lifeboat rolls out of the boathouse with the mast lowered for clearance, down the slipway into the water and speeds away to sea.

The clip is from The Scottish Screen Archive collection. For more information about this film including details of how to obtain a copy please follow this link
http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0641

The Scottish Screen Archive holds thousands of films and videos from Scotland's 20th-century history. The archive contains everything from home movies and advertisements to educational films and documentaries. There are films detailing technical processes and others showing the imagination and innovation of Scottish film-makers over the years. http://www.nls.uk/ssa/

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Education

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• boathouse
• slipway
• sea
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[BillDFC]

Is this on the South Esk between Montrose and Ferryden?