Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. A sign reads 'Operations and flight plans'. French villa used as temporary headquarters for 84th Air Rescue Group. Air Rescue Squadron Personnel relax on sidewalk in front of building. Air Rescue Squadron Personnel wait for take off schedule. Colonel Robert Walker and Major Vance, Operation Officer in front of the temporary operations building at Nice Airport.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. French Honor Guard at funeral rites at Nice Airport, France. Officers salute funeral rites. Colonel Rizon, Commander of the 84th Air Rescue Group headed the rescue mission. Members salute as casket is moved. French Honor Guard stands at attention. Italian motorcycle police. Pall bearers remove caskets from hearses and carry them to C-119. Motorcycle guard stands at attention. Funeral procession. Funeral wreath presented by City of Nice to the American passengers killed in crash. Crew chief closes door of aircraft.
Italian Army Alpini recovering bodies of victims from United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps, on October 24, 1954, while on a flight from Rome, Italy, to Lyon, France. The crash site is at 8,500 feet on Mount Carbonè, in Northern Maritime Alps, near Limone Piemonte, Cuneo, Italy. Italian Alpini (mountain troops) lead mules laden with bodies of crash victims, in canvas bags, down a mountain path. They are seen placing one such canvas bag into a coffin. A U.S. and an Italian officer then drape it with an American flag and Alpini pallbearers carry it to a waiting vehicle and gently place it on board. An Italian Alpini honor guard presents arms and its commander salutes.
Merchant Seamen aboard an oil tanker ship in United States. Seamen dressed in marine disaster suits. Seamen help each other while donning the suits. The tanker fleet conducts life boat rescue drills. Seamen climb into life boats. Life boat is lowered in water. Life boat carrying seamen underway. Merchant Seamen row the life boat using oars.
Merchant Seamen aboard an oil tanker ship in United States. Men of the tanker fleet in engine room. Men at controls in the engine room. Engine room operation by merchant seamen. A man takes reading from a meter. Equipment and machines in the room. A sign reads 'When bell rings, all hands on deck'. Men walk in the engine room. Men operate machines.
Merchant Seamen aboard an oil tanker ship in United States. Men of the tanker fleet in sleeping quarters. A bunk bed in view. Two men lay on the bed. A man sleeps while another reads a book. Both of them get up and don their marine disaster suits. Both men rush out of the room. Clothes hang on hooks. Merchant Seamen use stairs.
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