News Takes The Air - Air Sea Rescue (1965)

Title reads: “NEWS TAKES THE AIR“. Air sea rescue service demonstration, Leuchars, Scotland. Panning shot helicopter flying past camera with the rescue crew sitting in open doorway. C/U one of the rescue crew. Various shots 3 WRAF (Women’s Royal Air Force) women waving from a dinghy. Various shots man wearing being lowered from the copter to the dinghy. He hoists up the women, one at a time. We see the women being dragged from harness into helicopter. L/S helicopter hovering over ship. Various shots of girls being lowered onto deck of ship. Angle shot looking at helicopter as cameraman is lowered. The girls are helped out of their harnesses by a sailor. M/S 3 girls waving. Two of the girls are named in paperwork is SAC Elizabeth Macinally and Flight Officer Baseford. Note: newspaper cutting on file. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.