WEATHER: Gale scenes at Rye (1928)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Video Roll Title: Gale scenes at Rye: Gale scenes at Rye as storms batter coat.? Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION - MENACE OF MIGHTY SEAS - ENGLAND: East Sussex: Rye INT Telegraphist operating morse code machine / SLATE / Close of hand operating morse code machine EXT Life guards on beach launching lifeboat into heavy seas / SLATE / Ferry in rough seas / Lifeboat overturning / SLATE / Derelict lifeboat on deserted Rye Harbour from which seventeen lifeguards were lost at sea / Lifeboat name ’Mary Stanford’ / Slate/ Storm-damaged fallen tree across road with people looking on / Men clearing fallen trees / General scenes of stormy weather inland Background: Video Roll Title: Gale scenes at Rye: Gale scenes at Rye as storms batter coat. Distress all round Britain’s shores while the elements have their fling. Lifeboat crew lost at sea. FILM ID: VLVA