Two new films, Troubled Waters and The Village Turned Out, are now avail- able to branches for showing to non- paying audiences. Troubled Waters, which runs for six minutes, shows a launch by night of the Walmer life- boat. Wrecks on the Goodwin Sands are seen, and the coxswain, Frederick Upton, and the motor mechanic, Percy Cavell, are shown examining the life-boat. The life-boat is called out, and she is seen launching into the night. This film, which was made by Countryman Films, Ltd., has already been distributed by Columbia Pictures.

It has now been presented by Country- man Films as a gift to the Institu- tion.

The Village Turned Out has also been presented to the Institution as a gift by the Shell Film Unit, who are showing the film to members of the Shell organisation. The Village Turned Out begins with the naming ceremony of the new Coverack life- boat William Taylor of Oldham. The various members of the crew are shown at their normal occupations, the coxswain fishing and one member of the crew baking bread. The maroons are fired, and the crew rush to the life-boat station. Nearly the whole village turns out to watch the launch.

Twilight is falling as the life-boat puts out, and after a search, during which darkness comes on, a training aircraft which has crashed into the sea is found. Two members of the aircraft's crew are rescued by the life- boat. The film lasts eight minutes..