Usa (1939)

Full titles read: “USA“ L/S’s of the large flying boat the Imperial Airways Cavalier taking to the to the air on a large lake, New York in the United States of America. M/S of a radio operator. L/S of radio mast. The commentator says that due to engine failure the flying boat has crashed in the Atlantic. L/S of a coastguard seaplane taking-off. Several shots of the large rescue ship - an oil tanker called the ’Esso Baytown’. Good L/S’s of the New York skyline as the ship comes in to dock. M/S’s of the survivors being led down the ramp of the ship past waiting photographers. 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 (
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