PBY DROPS ASR BOAT RESCUE AT SEA BY HELICOPTER Part 1

Description

1) MS Group of CG officers seated on ground.2) LA MS Same as above.3) LA MS HOS-1 "copter lowers man on hook & strap to ground, water, BG.4) HA MCU Officers seated in front of truck.5) LA MS LT BAILEY operates Mitchell camera stop truck.6) MS ASR boat placed under strbrd. wing of PBY.7) LA MS Two crewmembers wind up cable leading to ASR boats.8) LA MS ASR boat two-blocked under wing of plane.9) MS Several officers & spectators watch operations(SV).10) MS PBY parked on strip; ASR crash boat strapped under strbrd. wing; people grouped around plane.11) MS Plane parked on strip in front of fence; men crawl over fuselage; port engine started up.12) LA MCU Port engine of plane warms up.13) MCU Propeller whirls above cockpit; pilet, co-pilot in cockpit move their arms.14) MS Both engines turn up on plane; crewmembers walk by port side to hatch in rear; HOS-1 "copter hovers over ground.15) MS "Copter hovers over ground.16) GtoA LS PBY in flight.17) MS People grouped about on ground; LT BAILEY, USCG, operates Mitchell camera.18) MA MS HOS-1 "copter parked on water; takes off & is airborne.19) GtoA MLS PBY in flight past camera (SV).20) HA MS Man in rubber liferaft.21) MS CG officer (wearing fowl weather jacket) stands on pier.22) MS Officer operates small 16mm movie camera.23) HA MS Man, in rubber liferaft, paddles through water; HOS-1 "copter, equipped with floats, in flight toward camera, BG.24) HA LS Same as above; "copter lands on water.25) HA MS "Copter rotor blades turn up next to liferaft; man orawls over raft onto pontoon, boards "copter.26) MCU "Copter parked on ground, rotor blades turn up; several sailors, one nurse, remove man, on stretcher, from strbrd. side of "copter; building, BG.27) MS Sign on side of buildings "BATTLE DRESSING STATION;" sailors, nurse carry patient on stretcher (SV).28) LA MCU Cockpit of "copter; rotor blades turn up; pilot looks out of window.29) LA MLS "Copter in flight over building, comes in for landing.30) LA MS "Copter settles on ground.31) GtoA MS Same as above.32) LA MS "Copter lands in front of large building.33) MS "Copter parked on ground, rotors turn up; crewmembers walk toward strbrd. side.34) LA MS "Copter lands in front of single story building.35) MS Crewmen work on pontoons; navy nurse.36) LA MS Man, in wire basket, strapped to strbrd. pontoon" "copter hovers over camera.QUALITY: GOOD TO FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities