TRIALS OF A NET FOR RECOVERING DIVERS FROM THE SEA BY HELICOPTER [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TRIALS OF A NET FOR RECOVERING DIVERS FROM THE SEA BY HELICOPTER [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1512
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A Dragonfly helicopter from HMS Centaur uses a recovery net to scoop up a diver from just below the surface of the sea. Trials off the coast of Malta.
  • Description: LA as Westland Dragonfly 901 from HMS Centaur flies in low over the sea with a lowered recovery net to scoop a diver, Captain Sillitoe RM (Officer Commanding 2nd Raiding Squadron RM) out of the sea. (Second Officer Sally Russell WRNS, Station Safety Equipment Officer carries out the first "netting" prior to this.) A recovery launch stands by in the background.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1512
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1955-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Sillitoe (Captain) (person) Royal Navy, Royal Marines & Marine Raiding Sqdn 2 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, CENTAUR (HMS), aircraft carrier (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Dragonfly (object name) Malta (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 78 ft; Running time: 1 min
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