STK-ID 33103

LSs of stretcher being put aboard DC-4, Red Cross ambulance in foreground at Frobisher airport, of plane taxiing into take off position, of plane and ambulance along runway. Shots of bomb bay of plane closing from inside plane, of doors of bomb bay closing from outside plane, "rescue" painted on doors. Shot of starboard engine of Lancaster airplane airborne over rural area. CUs of pilots in cockpits, talking into microphone, operating steering wheel of aircraft, of autogyro compass and landing compass on control panel of aircraft. MS of rescue team pulling rubber dinghie on lake shore, men entering bush. AERIAL SHOTs of two supply parachutes dropping into dense evergreen forest, of parachutes in trees, of crashed airplane in bush.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Rescue Mission
Location
Iqaluit
Year
1951
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Video HI 8
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w, 35mm eastman color neg
Aspect ratio
4/3