Coast Guardsman Take to the Air

Issue No.

180

Date Released

14 Nov 1932

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Story No. within this Issue: 1 / 4
Summary: MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Coast Guardsman Take to the Air. DESCRIPTION: Demonstration rescue is staged by US lifesavers off Cape May to prove value of seaplanes. SHOTLIST: Sea planes past camera, landing on water. Close shot of sea plane in air and shot of another on the water, with ship in background. Long shot of ship with mist in front of same. Close shot of plane on water with "US Coastguards" on same. Rubber dinghy launched from side of same and rowed away. Dinghy in foreground. Aerial of ship on water. Rubber dinghy rescues man from sea and pulls back to plane. They climb aboard. Plane in air. Long shot of vessel on sea. Plane in air past camera.
Keywords: Ships and boats; Environment; Aviation; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources: Movietone
Card file number: 2104
Length of story (in feet): 81
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