Mercy Fliers Meet
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mercy Fliers Meet. DESCRIPTION: An exclusive meeting at the RAF Station, Thorney Island - helicopter pilots from ten countries compete in the third International Helicopter Rescue Meeting, where skill in saving lives is tested against the clock. SHOTLIST: Ground to Air Tomahawk helicopter in formation. G to A helicopter German naval. CU sign International helicopter rescue. MS pan servicemen and helicopter. LAS Swedish Vertolio helicopter. G to A, RN Westland. CU photographers. G to A helicopter. MLS man hoisted out of cockpit of plane. G to A Royal Airforce helicopter winching man up. MS man lowered onto ground. LS pan American Husky lowers fire extinguisher near burning petrol. LS ditto. CU servicemen. LS 2 American Husky near fire. MS Husky. LS pan Husky copter hovering as men extinguish fire. LS balloons in air. GTA Hercules plane. LS G to A Hercules grabs lines attached to dummy on ground and balloon in the air. GTA Hercules flies with dummy trailing. CU servicemen. GTA Hercules. MLS dummy lifted off ground by Hercules. LS Hercules and dummy trailing beneath.
- Keywords
- Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Displays; Aviation; Competitions; Navy; Military
- Locations
- United Kingdom; Thorney Island
- Card file number
- 94847
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 150
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