Antarctic Rescue Dash (1936)

Item title reads - Antarctic rescue dash. Discovery II leaves to search for lost explorers. Melbourne, Australia. L/S of supplies being loaded onto ship “Discovery II“ which is getting ready to search for American flyer Lincoln Ellsworth and British born Hollick Kenyon in the Antarctic. C/U of the captain saying there is a good chance they may be found. M/S as observation plane is towed out to sea. C/U of the Flying Officer saying they have left nothing to chance. Various shots of the “Discovery II“ as people wave it off from the dock. The two men were rescued unharmed. 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