United States Air Sea Rescue 1956

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Manston, Kent.

English Channel and M/S American airman floats in sea in life raft. He's talking on a radio transmitter to the base of the 6th Air Rescue Squadron. M/S some of the servicemen throwing a ball to each other with planes in the background. A couple of them play chess on the ground....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Carol
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2026
Sort Number:
CP 076
Time in/Out:
01:13:12:00 / 01:16:10:00
Canister:
CP 076
Film ID:
43.07
Issue Date:
11/06/1956

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The Story of Adolf Hitler 1956

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