To Save a Life, 1965

Film demonstrating the importance of learning basic water safety, including first aid and rescue methods, that can help save people from drowning.

00:00 Opening credits
01:10 Three friends going camping
03:45 Larry goes swimming in the river and gets into trouble swimming against the current
05:10 Jim tries to save Larry but makes key mistakes that could lead to them both drowning; warnings about the number of people who drown each year
07:15 Classes being financed by the Department of Local Government to teach water safety and basic life-saving techniques, as well as to purchase safety equipment and warning signs; the value of having lifeguards at popular swimming locations
10:25 Return to camping scenario where Frank arrives to save Jim and Larry from the river; encouragement to learn basic life-saving skills

Year: 1965
Director: George Morrison
Script: Richard Power
Narrator: Chris Curran
Sound: Peter Hunt
Copyright: Water Safety Ireland / Irish Red Cross
Country: Ireland
Language: English
Duration: 14:27 minutes
Original format: 16mm colour acetate film with optical sound
File name: IFRC_c00716.mp4

This film has been published with the kind permission of the Irish Red Cross and Water Safety Ireland.

League Film Library Catalogue No. 477, ID No. 2122 c00716, Component No. 328

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