Operation Survival At Sea (1957)

France. Documentation on file. Various shots of airmen having difficulty in flight over sea, jump overboard and abandon plane in operation Survival at Sea. Various shots of men swimming towards their pneumatic raft and climbing aboard. CU. Airmen on the raft, one of them drinking. Various shots of radio being put into operation and a balloon is sent up at the end of the antenna. LS. Raft and of the balloon going up. Various shots of the airmen getting drinking water from sea water by a special balloon process and of airmen drinking it. Various shots of flares being sent up and of patrolling ship arriving for the rescue. Airmen climbing aboard ship. LS. Ship at sea. (Dupe Neg.) 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. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, w