The Life-Raft Industry

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The Life-Raft Industry

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Location

Belfast docks

Year

1965

Date

Production 20/01/1965

Length

07min 55sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Mr Bick, whose company in Dunmurry makes life-rafts, is interviewed by Leslie Dawes on the life-rafts installed on the Ulster Prince. Modern life-rafts are fully equipped and designed to protect evacuated passengers from exposure but they will not completely replacedlife-boats. We also see a demonstration of the rafts in action.

Ulster Prince was the first of three new car ferries delivered to Coast Lines in 1966/67 to update the Irish Sea services of the Belfast Steamship Company. She was built by Harland and Wolff, launched in 1966 and with her sister, Ulster Queen took over the Liverpool-Belfast night service. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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