Description: I. LA.MS as crewman in harness is lowered from Westland Dragonfly RN 535, to pass sling to an airman adrift in a rubber dinghy - tankers are alongside in the background.
II. Aerial MLS as helicopter passes right to left over the Needles, Isle of Wight.
III. MS of the control tower, RNAS Lee-on-Solent.
IV. Aerial sequence as helicopter comes in for a landing on a playing field by Haslar hospital. An ambulance is standing by. HMS Dolphin and HMS Hornet are visible in the panorama.
V. Hiller HTE-2 Naval Training Helicopter lifts off from field to manoeuvre just above the ground - falling leaf and pirouette.
VI. Eight Whirlwinds pass overhead in approximate feathered arrow formation - land and sky background. Second sequence, shot from shoreline, as a group of ten aircraft approach over the sea - two Whirlwinds and six Dragonfly helicopters in formation, with two Whirlwinds trailing.
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, helicopters (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, DOLPHIN (HMS), shore establishment (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Hornet (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Hiller HTE-2 (object name)
aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Dragonfly (object name)
aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Whirlwind (object name)
operations [simulated], British naval - rescue (object name)
operations, British naval - routine (object name)
ships, British naval - : Dolphin (object name)
ships, British naval - : Hornet (object name)
The Needles, Isle of Wight, England, UK (geography)
GB, England & Haslor (?) (geography)
GB, England & Lee-on-Solent, Hants <RNAS Station> (geography)
