Down in the Drink

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1783

Date Released

5 Aug 1963

Date submitted

31 Jul 1963

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Down in the Drink. DESCRIPTION: Three dramatic events from real life, illustrating the hazards of coming down in the drink, where the consequences are so often fatal. Using a special experimental water-tank at Portsmouth, they’re carrying out practice drills, to help fliers of the future to save their lives if they ditch in the sea. The lesson of the course is that Panic Costs Lives. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Fighter bombers past camera collide and crash into sea. CU jet fighter lands on aircraft carrier. CU captain on bridge. MS Fighter over side - in water. GV helicopter flying. MS same hovering. CU same crashes into sea. GV same in sea. Pan up water tank. MS briefing pilots. CU pilot. MCU briefing. CU pilot. TS pilots enter aircraft mock up (2 shots). MS pilots strap themselves in. GV mock up lowered into tank. CU same. MS mock up fuselage under water. MS pilots escape under water. MS pilot in ordinary cockpit. CU pilot puts on hat. MS same lowers canopy. MCU cockpit out over tank. MS crane. MS cockpit into water. CU same under water and CU pilot. MS canopy opens, spectators outside tank (naval officers), escape surface, breaks surface.

Keywords

Aviation; Safety devices; Accidents and disasters; Military

Locations

Portsmouth

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

87024

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

207

Story extras:

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