Doomed Airmen Saved From Sea (1957)

Atlantic. Documentation on file. Various shots of Air Force Tanker slowly sinking in Atlantic, taken from plane. MS. Survival gear being thrown from plane. Air to sea shot of crew on life raft. Various shots of Norwegian tanker, and of one of its lifeboats on its way to pick up the U.S. airmen. (F.G.) 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 (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.