Down in the Atlantic
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 9 / 10
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Down in the Atlantic. DESCRIPTION: The crew of a US Air Force Tanker plane abandoned ship for a life raft, after ditching during a storm 200 miles off the Azores. A rescue aircraft directed a Norwegian Tanker to the scene. SHOTLIST: GV plane flying. Shots of the life rafts. LS & CU. LS tanker. Closer shot. LS tanker. Closer shot. Flying shots. Crew aboard. Planes. A rescue tanker directed a Norwegian tanker to the scene.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Aviation; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- Norway
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 70708
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 44
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How to cite this record
'Down in the Atlantic', British Movietone News Issue No. 1459, 20 May 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21696 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)