RAF Air Crews Practice Ditching (1951)

Unissued / unused material. Royal Air Force ditching and dinghy practice, Hamble, Hampshire. LS RAF officer briefing pupils. CU cadets listening and making notes. LS cadets in flying kit walking onto airfield and boarding plane. LS two Avro Ansons (RAF) taxiing. Several shots of RAF Avro Anson aeroplanes taking off. Various shots cadets demonstrating “ditching“ (capsizing) using automatic inflatable rescue dinghy. LS pupils inflating dinghy in outdoor swimming pool. LS cadets jumping from diving board and inflating dinghies (several shots) in pool. LS cadets in large dinghy covering themselves with weather proof sheets. LS pupils demonstrating the buoyancy of dinghies. Various CUs cadets. Date on dope sheet is 16/08/1951. FILM ID:2569.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British