This Pathé Archive takes us back to 1929-31 with footage of trawlers and fishing boats going out of a harbour[…]
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Sailing By: Tales from our oceans, seas, coasts and inland waterways
Collecting 'tales of sail' from around the world to link with modern-day sailors
The UK has a strong maritime history, with many coastal communities relying on the sea for a living. This category includes tales of boatbuilders, fishermen, traders, pilots, ships of war and rescue as well as the changing use for many vessels now used as leisure craft.
This Pathé Archive takes us back to 1929-31 with footage of trawlers and fishing boats going out of a harbour[…]
Read moreNorfolk wherry, ‘Albion’ is one of just two survivors of the 300 ‘black-sailed traders’ which once carried cargo on the[…]
Read moreThe tidal range of the Bristol Channel has always been a challenge to shipping approaching from the Atlantic, and conditions[…]
Read moreSince the age of the train, we’ve crossed the Channel from Dover to Calais by steamship, ferry, hovercraft and, since[…]
Read moreDaniel Defoe describes the fishing fair and other trading activity in Yarmouth, during his travels in Norfolk. He is most[…]
Read moreThis archive footage from a Pathe Gazette, 1932 shows the Bishop blessing the fleet as they depart St Malo to[…]
Read moreThis 10-minute film follows the history of the 216-foot tall ship, ‘C.A. Thayer’, built 1895, a little-known gem of the National Parks[…]
Read moreThe Coxswain and crew of the RNLI lifeboat ‘Lady Leigh’, ably assisted by the ‘rocket apparatus’ of the Coastguards, spent[…]
Read moreDaniel Defoe describes a terrible disaster when 200 sailing colliers were lost off the east coast of England in 1692.[…]
Read moreEnkhuizen has been a major harbour since the middle ages, and its links with herring fishing are still recognised today[…]
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