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Summary: Demonstration of how to make an ejection seat in a crashed aircraft safe.
Description: A Meteor crash lands near an airfield and the civil fire brigade arrive on the scene first. There is no fire and they decide not to attempt to rescue the pilot without the necessary knowledge of how to make the ejection seat safe. The RAF rescue team arrive and do the job. An RAF officer then explains to the camera why the film has been made, ie to demonstrate how an ejection seat works and how it can be immobilised. The film includes shots of ejection seat testing, with the first live ejection seat test in 1946. The test pilot who performed this first test says that his major fear is of unqualified people tampering with an ejection seat.
Production Details: Air Ministry (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Gloster Meteor & [damaged] (object name)
equipment, British air - personal: [ejection seat] (object name)
ejection seat, first live ejection & 1946 (event)
Instruction (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 2
Footage: 1403 ft; Running time: 16 mins
HD Media:
Notes: Summary a similar theme of pilot rescue is (somewhat artlessly) explored in the (ca) 1944 film AMY 369 A FIGHTER HAS CRASHED where the rescuers' mistakes kill the pilot
