Sea Rescue by Blimp

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

39/100

Date Released

21 Dec 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tons of Mail for the BEF
2. 2On Board a Destroyer
3. 3Prime Minister in France
4. 4US Ambassador Home Again
5. 5A Message from "Over There"
6. 6Sea Rescue by Blimp
7. 7Volunteers for Minesweeping
8. 8First Canadian Contingent Arrives
9. *International Rugby at Richmond
10. *Venezuela Oil Fire
11. *With the Wild Birds
12. *Italy Launches More Ships
13. *Moslem Festival

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 8

Summary

Demonstration by the blimp which lowers a rubber dinghy to a man in the water and then hauls him up to safety.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Aviation

Length of story (in feet)

78

Story extras:

Film clip

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Notes

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