Helicopter Rescue
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: This Week In Britain’s reporters have had some unusual assignments. But Maggie Palmer really does take her life in her hands this week - or to be exact those of a helicopter winchman who "rescues" Maggie from the English Channel. It’s all part and parcel of the search and rescue service of the Royal Air Force.
- Researcher Comments
- Features RAF Air Sea Rescue, Manston in Kent. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Sailing; Air force; Emergency services; Accidents and disasters
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/924
- Credits:
-
- Support services
- Alison Hawkes
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Cutter
- Elizabeth Kozmian
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
- Presenter
- Maria Almendra
- Director
- Patrick Wyand
- Camera
- Platypus Films
- Producer
- Sylvia Eley
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 020 7255 1444
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- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'Helicopter Rescue', This Week In Britain Issue No. 924, 1976. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329165 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)