Antarctic Rescue (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. The six survivors of a crashed Mariner flying boat are rescued from amid the impenetrable ice pack by another flying boat and navy seaplane tender Pine Island. C/U’s the seaplane nosing its way through pack ice. M/S the Mariner flying boat which rescued the survivors. C/U’s people watching plane flying in. C/U’s as the plane is hoisted aboard the tender. M/S as injured man Lieutenant Ralph LeBlanc is lowered down on stretcher and carried off. Various shots of the less seriously injured survivors getting off. Cataloguer’s note: date of item: 3/3/1947. 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 New
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