WESTLAND WHIRLWIND TAKES PART IN THE RESCUE OF CREWMEN FROM THE STRICKEN FRENCH TRAWLER JEANNE GOUGY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WESTLAND WHIRLWIND TAKES PART IN THE RESCUE OF CREWMEN FROM THE STRICKEN FRENCH TRAWLER JEANNE GOUGY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: 49K 34
  • Other titles: WESTLAND AIRCRAFT FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Mute footage of the rescue by a Westland Whirlwind of 22 Squadron, of marooned crew members from stricken French Trawler the Jeanne Gougy at Land's End in Cornwall on 3 November 1962. Sergeant Eric Smith is lowered from the Whirlwind to rescue two members of the ship's crew.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: WESTLAND AIRCRAFT FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: 49K 34
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (49K 34)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1962
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Westland Aircraft Public Relations Department (Sponsor) Westland (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft (ca)
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