Niagara Rescue

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1094A
Date Released
25 May 1950
Date submitted
22 May 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Sea Rangers’ Royal Visitor
  2. 2Chelsea Show
  3. 3Overseas Invasion for Golf Title
  4. 4Those Russian Ships
  5. 5Niagara Rescue
  6. 6Council of War at Dorking
  7. 7Germany - Britain and USA Parade Their Tanks
  8. *President O’Kelly in France
  9. *Trailer: The Corn is Ripe

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Niagara Rescue By Helicopter. DESCRIPTION: 200 feet above the roaring Niagara Falls, Mrs Bugay is discovered stranded on a rock, a helicopter, attempting an heroic rescue, touches the water and is knocked over and two more lives are in jeopardy. A second machine makes shore connection with the castaways and all three are saved. SHOTLIST: People in the foreground - falls. Woman clinging to rock. Several attempts by helicopter to rescue - first one gets wrecked. Rescuers and woman are approached by second helicopter - they run a rope from the rock to shore - all eventually rescued. Mrs Bugay close up (still).
Keywords
Aviation; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Niagara Falls
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
53772
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
Film clip

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