Coast Guardsmen haul men from wrecked ships by means of breeches buoy Part 3

Description

1) HA MLS Man hauled across breeches buoy line from ship to shore.2) MLS Same as above.3) HA MS Man assisted out of breeches buoy by enlisted man.4) MLS Freighter aground.5) MS Same as above; water very rough.6) MCU Coffee & donuts served to guardsmen from Red cross truck; freighter aground at Belmar, New Jersey.7) LS Freighter aground at Sandyhook, New Jersey; several guardsmen on beach.8) MLS Freighter aground.9) MS Guardsmen with signal flags; semaphore sent to grounded freighter.10) MLS Breeches buoy, with man aboard, pulled in from freighter (SV).11) MCU Two CG officers, on beach, point out toward ship (one man wearing sheepskin coat, second dressed in blues & overseas cap.)12) HA MS Breeches buoy pulled in to beach.13) HA MS CG ship, YP-316; breeches buoy attached to lines.14) MS Breeches buoy sent back to ship.15) MS CG personnel & civilians set up tripod for breeches buoy.16) LA MS Box of ammunition, retrieved from freighter via breeches buoy, carried up stone utairway.17) MS Small CG vessel near beach.18) HA MLS CG motor boat.19) HA MS Several CG enlisted men prepare breeches buoy on beach.20) HA MS Man in rigging of breeches buoy.21) NS YP aground; cliff, known as Seal Rocks, BG; lines run from ship to cilff, where CG men stand by.22) LA MS Breeches buoy line leads to tripod set up on beach; group of people stand on hill.23) MCU YP aground.24) MLS Guardsmen take hold of breeches buoy as it moves over stairway.25) MS YP, leaning to port, rolls in surf.26) MS Man, in breeches buoy, leaves YP, moves toward camera.27) MCU Breeches buoy arrives at rocky cliff, where CG men grab hold of lines.28) MS Guardsmen, on cliff, pull in buoy lines; YP, BG, rolls in heavy surf.29) MCU Men pull on hawser at top of cliff.30) MS Officer gives directions to men on cliff during rescue.31) HA MLS Large building on street, sailors nearby.32) LA MS Statue of stone eagle at top of building entrance.33) MS Front entrance to building, CG officers, leaving building, saluted by enlisted men.34) MS CG enlisted man on watch in front of building; he is approached by Spar, who makes inquiry, walks away.35) HA MS ASR boat, dropped from PBY, alongside small motor boat; men disembark from ASR boat, board moter boat.36) HA MS Men, on bow of motor boat, drag in parachute (SV).37) HA MS ASR boat alongport side of motor boat; crewmembers pull in parachute, dropped from plane.38) HA MS Flare burning on water.39) HA MS Spare, on bow of motor boat, retrieve parachute.40) MCU Two pllots, in small boat, cowork.41) LA MS Three USN pilots.42) MS Two Spare, two O men in ASR boat.43) GtoA MLS PBY in flight; Pan, sight.44) GtoA MLS Same as above.45) GtoA LS ASR boat under strbrd. wing of PBY, in flight.46) LS PBY takes off from runway.47) GtoA LS Plane in flight toward camera.48) GtoA MLS Same as above; ASR boat dropped off San Francisco, California.49) GtoA LA MLS ASR boat dropped from plane; boat floats on water five parachutes. Pan, boat hit, water with sol.50) GtoA MS PBY in flight overhead.51) MLS Flare Burning off coast of San Franclsco; plane in flight, BG.52) HA MS ASR boat retrieved.53) MS Retriever alongside ASR boat; Spare help to pull in parachutes, one of which is still filled with air.54) HA MS Same as above.55) MCU "AIR SEA RESCUE, " cat, holding miniature pilot in his mouth, on sign inside plane.QUALITY: GOOD TO FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities