Local fishermen tie up and take extra precautions in St Ives in Cornwall as some of the worst storms in years batter Britain culminating in a night of severe gales on 7 March 1962. Here hasty preparations see all hands on deck as crew and locals do everything to protect vessels and livelihoods, tying up firmly and adding tyre fenders. The storm is thought to have developed off the east coast of Canada on 24 February and for a time stayed in the mid-Atlantic.