Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Air/Sea Rescue Service

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
677A
Date Released
28 May 1942
Date submitted
25 May 1942
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Air/Sea Rescue. DESCRIPTION: Pilots who bale out over the Channel can be very quickly picked up by the Air/Sea Rescue Service. SHOTLIST: This story shows blankets being loaded into Walrus and smoke-bombs onto Lysander, in readiness to rescue pilot, who has come down in the sea. All the gear and special equipment necessary, including dinghy are packed into the plane. A message is received at Rescue Station. The position where the pilot came down is marked on a map and the pilot leaves the ‘ops’ room, enters his plane and takes-off. (Lysander), and smoke bombs is dropped to mark position when the pilot is sighted. The plane lands on the water and the pilot is hauled aboard. On getting back to base the rescued pilot is put into an ambulance. Cuts. Note - Library shots of pilot suspended by parachute floating above the cloud.
Keywords
Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Communications; Safety devices; Military
Locations
Plymouth
Footage sources
Pathe
Rota
Card file number
42363
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
133
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Air/Sea Rescue Service', British Movietone News Issue No. 677A, 28 May 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12288 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)