SURVIVAL AT SEA PART 2: LIVING ON AIR [Main Title]

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  • Title: SURVIVAL AT SEA PART 2: LIVING ON AIR [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DRN 635B
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  • Summary: Naval training film on survival at sea, showing a dramatised account of survival for four days in an inflatable life raft. Describes the equipment carried on the raft, particularly the rationing of food and water, and the proper use of distress flares. Also shows search aircraft, a Fairey Gannet of 815 Naval Air Squadron.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DRN 635B
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1956
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor) Associated British Pathe (Production company) Ashwood, Terry (Production individual) Hankinson, Michael (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1150 ft; Running time: 32 mins
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