Spindrift Spindrift Spindrift (more rarely spoondrift) usually refers to spray, particularly to the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which "drifts" in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea. In Great Britain "spindrift" is the telltale sign used by mariners to define a Force 8 (Beaufort Scale) wind (not higher) when observed at sea. See this example of information provided by Lymington Harbour authority, Hampshire, England, UK, explaining the whole scale, the associated wind speeds, and its telltale signs. Text from the site
Inherit the Wind (1960 film) referring to it as "a film that rebukes the past when it might also have feared the future". , the website Rotten Tomatoes had given the film a 92% approval rating, based on 24 reviews with an average rating of 8/10. Academy Awards "Inherit the Wind" was nominated for four Academy Awards. BAFTA Berlin International Film Festival Golden Globes Inherit the Wind (1960 film) Inherit the Wind is a 1960 Hollywood film adaptation of the 1955 play of the same name, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, directed by Stanley Kramer. It stars Spencer Tracy as lawyer Henry