Plane Crash - All Saved

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1430
Date Released
29 Oct 1956
Date submitted
24 Oct 1956
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Plane Crash - All Saved. DESCRIPTION: With 2 propellers out of action, a crippled Pan-American Stratocruiser circled the coast guard weather ship Pontchartrain, before ditching in the Pacific Ocean. The news flashed to the mainland All Survivors Rescued. The survivors were taken on the coastguard cutter to San Francisco, where relatives were reunited with them. SHOTLIST: Aerial shots plane circling. Observers look from ship. Plane hits water. Plane in two pieces. CU hole in middle. Wreckage cut in two. Dinghies afloat. Rafts afloat. Sinking craft. Survivors helped aboard. Rescue ship Ponchartrain. Coast guard cutter. People come off ship and are re-united with families and friends.
Keywords
Aviation; Accidents and disasters
Locations
United States of America; Pacific Ocean
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
68640
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
143
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Plane Crash - All Saved', British Movietone News Issue No. 1430, 29 Oct 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21283 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)