U.s. Coast Guard crew members run from their hangar to their HH-52 Search and Rescue helicopter, parked on a pier. They don personal equipment and board the helicopter which then takes off. View from the cockpit as the chopper heads toward orange smoke from a flare in the waters close to shore. It lands, close to a man, in the water. View from inside the HH-52 as the rescue crew performs a platform pickup. A crew member deploys a steel grate platform and assists the man onto the platform, from the water.The crew member then folds the platform into the helicopter, which takes off and flies away.
Rescue operations being practiced by United States Cost Guard HH-52 Seaguard (Search and Rescue helicopter) in the United States. Pilot in cockpit of a USCG HH-52 Seaguard. Red distress flare being used to signal by man in sea. Helicopter lowers a basket into which the man climbs. The helicopter hoists the basket and brings the man on board. The helicopter flies above water. A 40 foot Coast Guard Utility boat is seen in the water.
Search and rescue training operations being conducted by United States Coast Guard (USCG) HH-52 Seaguard (Search and Rescue helicopter) in the United States. A Coast Guard 40-foot utility boat underway in water close to shore, accompanied by a USCG HH-52 Seaguard flying close above the boat. Riprap stones line shore in foreground. The helicopter turns and circles away, returning to fly low over the 40-foot utility boat. It then pulls up in a climb. It circles and returns, slowly tracking over the boat, and lowers a man on a hoist to the boat. Next scene shows the utility boat underway at high speed with the helicopter above until it pulls away and circles down close to the camera. Its side door is open and Coastguardsmen can be seen inside.
Rescue operations being conducted by United States Cost Guard HH-52 Seaguard (Search and Rescue helicopter) in the United States. A USCG HH-52 Seaguard flies low above a sea shore. Pilot in cockpit of the helicopter. The helicopter lands on an airstrip. Other USGC HH-52 helicopters in the background.
Landscapes and monuments in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Views of beach and landscape. A large tower and a man stands on the tower. Official shed at harbor. A fishing boat is anchored. Sign: 'Jean and Patricia' and 'Mary and Julia' on fishing boats. Boats underway. Views of city and traffic on Main Street in Gloucester Massachusetts. A man walks down on road. Employees walking out of Harbor Cove Fisheries packaging plant. People walking outside of stores and shops in town. Pedestrians walking. Cars and trucks moving on South Stacy Boulevard. View of the Man at the Wheel, Fisherman's Memorial Cenotaph. View of memorials and grave stones in a town cemetery of Gloucester.
Activities of fishermen in Gloucester, Massachusetts. A tourist couple in a 1940s car as they look at landscapes of the city. Car stops in front of a house. A woman rings a door bell. Boats and ship at harbor. The couple and the car in the foreground. Sailboat at sea. Sign: 'North Sea' and 'South Sea' on boats. Fishermen mend fising nets and make fishing nets dry in sun. Women packs boxes of fish filets and place them on conveyor belt in a fish packaging factory or cannery. Men of Gloucester construct a ship. After construction is completed, the new fishing boat named "Benjamin C." slides down the way into the harbor waters. U.S. flag on the ship. Christians gather as Catholic Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cushing, leads a religious service on the docks to bless the fishermen.
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