Return of Lifeboat
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About Return of Lifeboat
Near San Francisco, a Pacific Coast Life Saving Service boat rows back to shore. Several men are at the oars. The boat comes in through rough surf. James H. White directed the Edison actuality.
Cast & crew
More about Return of Lifeboat
Released in 1897. No player is billed. The camera stays on the boat as it closes the beach.
Themes
Look
The camera is on the beach as the boat comes through the surf.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The service is the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service, a forerunner of the Coast Guard.
- The shot is the return, not a launch.
- White has the direction credit.
- No rescue is staged in the description. The boat is already coming in.
Scenes
- The oarsmen bring the boat through the last line of surf.
