Airborne Lifeboat (1944)

Item title reads - Airborne lifeboat. Location of events unknown. M/S as men wheel lifeboat to Flying Fortress, and attach it to the underneath of the plane. C/U pan up boat to front gun turret of Fortress L/S Fortress taking off for exercise. Slow motion M/S as they drop the boat by parachute. L/S boat settling on water. Various shots of the ’victims’ climbing into boat from rubber dinghy. C/U men in boat which is full of provisions. M/S of men in boat after putting up the sails. C/U silhouette of boat. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British