Helicopters to the Rescue

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1544A

Date Released

8 Jan 1959

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Helicopters to the Rescue. DESCRIPTION: The 2,600 ton Transontario from Hamburg was trapped in the ice in the middle of Montreal Harbour. After travelling only two miles in ten days, she was short of fuel, but a helicopter came to the rescue, bringing two drums of oil at a time. But the ship had got to get out, so ice-breakers cleared a channel for the Transontario. Helicopters to the rescue again! This time, it was to help the crew of the tanker African Queen. She’d broken in half on a sand bar off the coast of Maryland. Nine of them took part, flying a ferry service from ship to shore and carrying the crew to safety. SHOTLIST: CU cockpit of helicopter (key). GV ship in ice. MS man shovels snow away. CU same. Helicopter with fuel. Air shot ship. MS helicopter dumps fuel. CU pilot. MS helicopter. CU same drops fuel. LS same & fuel MS ship. CU Captain. LS ice breakers. Closer - same. MS same. Same. MS men wave. MS ice breaker. MS same alongside. MS same at work. MS same. CU broken ice. Same. GV same. Slip pan to TS helicopter. GV broken ship. TS helicopter on deck. Same. TS broken ship. TS helicopter on beach.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America; Canada

Footage sources

United States of America
National Film Board of Canada

Card file number

75942

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

147

Story extras:

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