Bill Adams Hands Over (1926)

Bill Adams is the famous Coxswain of the Goodwin Sands (officially the North Deal) lifeboat. Pathe records Bill s last trip. Goodwin Sands, Kent. L, S of the lifeboat crew taking the tarpaulin off the boat. Camera pans across to show many men at work. M, S of three men hoisting a sail. The men put on their life jackets. M, S of the boat being launched. It moves out to sea. Shot of the boat at sea, not far off the coast. Shots of the boat from another boat as it moves through the water. C, U of some of the crew. M, S of the boat moving through the water. The boat comes back to shore. Intertitle reads: Only Bill knows what a wrench it is to leave his boat which has saved so many shipwrecked crews from the storm s M, S of large number of men pushing wooden winding device which is presumably pulling the boat into shore. L, S of the boat being pulled up the beach. M, S of Bill handing over his key of office to the new Coxswain. The two shake hands. But back home he shows his grandda