To Aid Survival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1634
Date Released
26 Sep 1960
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: To Aid Survival. DESCRIPTION: The effect of weightlessness is one thing being investigated at the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, at Farnborough. Another experiment, for instance, is to simulate the effect of an aircraft spinning. All these will aid survival, and so will a self-inflatable life raft, seen here demonstrated by a girl. SHOTLIST: MS man preparing to go under water. MS man seated in apparatus being lowered into water. MS same adjusting goggles. GV man head still showing above water. MCU man making notes under water. MCU man doing experiment. CU man with apparatus in his mouth. MS the experiment is to simulate the effect on an aircraft spinning. MS man spinning in apparatus. MS man spinning in apparatus. MS raft inflating. MS man pulling string. MS raft inflating. CU raft. MS raft blowing up. MS girl in raft (radio equipped). MS girl in raft. CU girl wrapping raft around her.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Aviation; Communications; Science and technology; Safety devices; Military
Locations
England
Card file number
81115
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
Ken Taylor
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
Film clip

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'To Aid Survival', British Movietone News Issue No. 1634, 26 Sep 1960. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23786 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)