SCIENCE IN FISHING
(in the 1960s that is)
Video extract courtesy of British Pathé Films.
1st tier is 'Chichester Lass' Bobby Jewell, 'Girl Renee' John Stevens 'Lamorna' Willie Care 'Godwit' 'Renovelle' Jimmy Madron 'Mayflower' Dickie Worth
There's plenty of fishermen who will remember the skipper seen in the film above - Bobby Jewell's last boat was called the New Dawn sold to the Isle of Man after he retired.
Storyboard details from the British Pathé web site:
"Newlyn, Cornwall. L/S of Newlyn harbour with lots of fishing boats. L/S of a trawler with the harbour in the background. A shot from the deck of a trawler of the sea and other boats with the coastline in the background. There is a man on deck working in the foreground. L/S of a lighthouse, a boat and the harbour become visible as the boat with the camera on sails away. C/U of the skipper, Bobby Jewell, looking out of the window of the cabin on 'The Chichester Lass'. C/U of the boat cutting through the water. M/S of a machine inside the cabin, it is a box on the wall with a gauge and a pointer which spins round. The results are printed out at the bottom. The machine is a radar echo sounder to locate the pilchards and the crew is experimenting with the device. C/U of the machine........"
Read the rest of the storyboard on the British Pathé site here: