New Lifeboat Launched On The Clyde (1938)

Glasgow, Scotland. Various shots of the new lifeboat ’Tobermoray’ being launched on the River Clyde. The boat is then lifted by a crane off the water and is lowered down onto the quayside. The lifeboat is towed along the streets by a kind of steam traction engine, on its way to the Empire Exhibition at Bellahouston Park where it will be an exhibit for a few months. 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.