Beyond the Danger Line

Biograph summary: This scene is laid on the beach at Coney Island. Crowds of bathers are shown on a warm afternoon in the height of the season. A venturesome young girl swims out beyond the lifelines and there is caught in the undertow. Conscious of her peril she calls for help, but exhausted by the force of the waves she is drawn under several times before the life-savers can reach her. Two of these young men, however, plunge overboard from their boat, and with a few sturdy strokes reach the girl and tow her to the drifting boat. They have some difficulty in getting her in, but finally succeed and take her into shore. There a crowd of anxious bathers awaits, cherring the heroic rescuers. The film is unusually sharp and clear, and the action very realistic.