Other titles:COLLECTION OF SALVAGE FILMS AND PROJECTION PRINTS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Salvage by the Royal Navy of the wreckage of the BOAC (British Overseas Aircraft Corporation) De Havilland Comet airliner G-ALYP, which crashed in the Mediterranean off Elba on 10 January 1954.
Description: Various ships at sea in heavy swells. A small motor launch containing officers is launched near the coast. On board a salvage vessel, a one-man submersible is lowered. Views of the sea bed. Meanwhile, a large crane is used to fish for debris. The submersible is reeled up and the pilot gets out. A remote camera is lowered. Debris on deck. A small boat, Caterina, comes alongside. A large number of people watch as a diver is lowered. Large chunks of wreckage are hauled aboard.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF SALVAGE FILMS AND PROJECTION PRINTS [Allocated Series Title]
