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Two USAAF motor rescue launches, P-713 and P-359 with crew working on board on the Bermuda Islands.

A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force on the Bermuda Islands. Two USAAF motor rescue launches, P-713 and P-359 (rescue boats) anchored at a sea beach. Crew work on board. Crew personnel smoke while playing cards on a rescue boat.

Location: Bermuda Island

Date: 1947

Duration: 1 min 9 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675070535

Air Sea Rescue readiness and routine operations of 1389th Air Force Base Unit at Kindley Field, Bermuda

Activities in Bermuda of USAF Air Transport Command, Atlantic Division units. An air-sea rescue boat is secured under the fuselage of a USAF SB-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, of the 7th Air Rescue Squadron, at Kindley Field. "ASR 578" is painted on the B-17 fuselage. Air-sea rescue equipment displayed on a ramp, including rations, Gibson girl hand-cranked emergency radio, signal flares and smoke, etc. Very pistols and emergency rockets are also shown. Several kits of such emergency equipment with parachutes, ready for air drop. Scene changes to routine USAFoperations at the base. A USAF technical Sergeant enters information about a C-54 aircraft on the Kindley Field blackboard log of transient aircraft. Several other entries already appear on the blackboard. An Air Force Captain marks up a flight control tag for a transient aircraft..

Location: Bermuda

Date: 1947

Duration: 1 min 7 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675070536

Search and Rescue Flight Section personnel get alerted after receiving a distress call from a C-54E on the Bermuda Islands.

A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) on the Bermuda Islands. A USAAF C-54E Skymaster aircraft in flight with one propeller feathered. A radio operator on board the C-54E sends a distress call. A radio operator in the flight control tower at Kindley Air Force Base receives the message and uses a telephone. Printing by a printing machine. The C-54E with its engine on fire. A captain uses a telephone to alert the Search and Rescue Flight Section. Personnel of the Search and Rescue Flight Section move fast after being alerted by an alarm. They rush towards a deck. USAAF personnel take their military gear. Motor rescue launch P-359 is unanchored and is underway. The army air force personnel start the engine of a USAAF SB-17G Flying Fortress aircraft. It taxis and takes off. The flight control tower at Kindley AFB.

Location: Bermuda Island

Date: 1947

Duration: 4 min 20 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675070537

C-54E crew leaves rubber rafts and a rescue launch picks up the crew from a rescue boat off the coast of the Bermuda Islands.

A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) on the Bermuda Islands. The crew of a USAAF C-54E Skymaster aircraft in two rubber life rafts in the ocean as the C-54E sinks. A USAAF SB-17G Flying Fortress aircraft in flight. The captain of a rescue boat at the controls. The rescue boat underway. The SB-17G aircraft is guided by smoke flare and mirror signals. It drops a rescue boat with the help of a parachute. The C-54E crew leaves the rubber rafts and gets into the rescue boat. A rescue launch beside the rescue boat. The rescue launch picks up the C-54E crew from the rescue boat. The crew sits in the rescue launch. They have coffee. One of them smokes. A stern view of the rescue boat.

Location: Bermuda Island

Date: 1947

Duration: 7 min 55 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675070538

A USAAF C-54E Skymaster in flight over the Bermuda Islands.

A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) on the Bermuda Islands. A USAAF C-54E Skymaster aircraft in flight. The C-54E in flight.

Location: Bermuda Island

Date: 1947

Duration: 1 min 43 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675070539