This short video is from a World War 2 film about Merchant Seamen, produced by the Crown Film Unit during 1941. It features the Fleetwood Lifeboat ‘Ann Letitia Russell’ and includes Lifeboat Motor Mechanic Syd Hill, simulating the rescue of survivors from a torpedoed Merchant Vessel.
Filming took place during a lifeboat exercise on the River Wyre, watched by a large crowd on Fleetwood Promenade.
Fleetwood Lifeboats Past 