Mini-Submarine ‘pisces’ Interview With Survivors

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Southern Ireland Minisub Interview
Date
1 Sep 1973
Dateline
Cork
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Interviews with the men who were stranded in the depths of th Atlantic ocean in the mini-submarine Pisces which was stranded on the Ocean floor whilst laying trans-Atlantic cable. Believed to be the deepest (1400 ft) successful under-water rescue ever carried out the operations director was Commander Peter Messervy. The man rescued were Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson.
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  1. 1. ws helcopter at airport
  2. 2. ms newsmen crowd to helicopter door
  3. 3. ms men down from helicopter
  4. 4. mcu Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson
  5. 5. mcu bearded man interviewed (not clear who is who) Q. Did you have any doubts you were going to be rescued? A. We had a good team on top didn’t we. Q. What was the worst part of it? A. Coming off Q. was there any moment when you had doubts you would be rescued? cu clean shaven man replies Not at all we had about a day left of our life support and we could communicate at all times Q. Did you have messages your families? A. Yes on on the first day we had a message from the Queen on the first day... she wished us all the best.Q. What were conditions like down there? A. very quiet we couldn’t sleep much we nodded off Q. Worried when heavy lifting gear couln’t be fixed last night? A. No not at any stage vs press scrum ms Chapman and Mallinson open champagne to celebrate rescue hand bottle to Messervy vs Commander Messervy
Film status
Syndicated
Processing date
1 Sep 1973
Processing location
New York: a0065250
Original film
Black and White Positive
Original sound
Yes
Duration
00:02:02:06
Sources
AP Television
NoS ID
z020913

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