AIR-SEA RESCUE (WALRUS) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIR-SEA RESCUE (WALRUS) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 49
  • Other titles:
  • Summary:
  • Description: A pilot gets into the cockpit of a Supermarine Walrus aircraft, joining his navigator. Inside the cockpit, a rescued pilot drinks, helped by the Walrus pilot. The Walrus then takes off, flies overhead; it then lands, coming in over a group of Spitfires, and near two hangars seen in the background. Panning shot, from Walrus engine to wing tip, with sea below (various takes, all of fine quality). A pilot, in a rubber dinghy, floats alongside the Walrus, and is helped up. He gives a photogenic smile.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Coop, Eric W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Supermarine Spitfire (object name) aircraft, British - seaplane: Supermarine Walrus (object name) equipment, British air - survival: rubber dinghy (object name) operations, British air - rescue: air-sea (object name) GB, England & Shoreham, Sussex <RAF Station> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 373 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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  • Notes: Summary: see remarks to ACB 21. Technical: print is part of a can comprising ACB 47-50. There is no ACB 48. (A 'wild' track, not a can of film.)
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 49

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