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Summary: Unedited liferaft scenes, and scene with a Fairey Gannet aircraft.
Description: I. Two liferafts together at sea. Various shots: lookout semaphoring and waving his arms; liferaft with radio aerial erected and towing water distillation units; liferaft with recognition light burning in low sun conditions; survivors burning a series of smoke candles as a Type 15 frigate closes on them from XLS. LS from eyes of the approaching frigate to the rafts and distress smoke cloud - two ratings enter the frame to stand holding heaving lines.
II. LS of Gannet ASW aircraft flying right to left over the sea. HA shots on HMS Ark Royal as a Gannet aircraft takes off and lands on.