RAF Rescue Boats (1941)

Title reads: “RAF rescue boats“. Location of events unknown. Various shots of two men as they run from their head quarters towards their boat. C/U of one of the men on the bridge of an RAF (Royal Air Force) rescue launch. Various shots of two RAF rescue launches motoring out to sea at high speed. M/S of the sea in the wake of one of the launches. C/U of the captain of the launch using binoculars. More shots of launch bouncing through the waves. On top of the launches are machine gun turrets, to defend the boats from enemy aeroplanes. Various shots of two airmen being pulled from their dinghy onto the deck of the launch. C/U the two rescued airmen smoking and drinking on the deck of the launch. 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 hist