Rescue Tank 1968

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Portsmouth, Hampshire.

At the H.M.S. Vernon shore-base we see men preparing for an exercise in the rescue tank. The two men are shut in a container (the Aircrew Underwater Escape Trainer)in the tank to simulate a helicopter crash in the sea; the container starts to fill with water then turns...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4361
Sort Number:
CP 702
Time in/Out:
01:56:07:00 / 01:58:31:00
Canister:
CP 702
Film ID:
429.23
Issue Date:
06/06/1968

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