Coast Guardsmen in uniform wheel a beach cart containing a lyle gun and other equipment for firing a shot line to a vessel in distress. They are conducting a breeches buoy drill. They remove a lyle gun and flaking box from the cart and uncover the shot line which they place in the gun. Using a long lanyard, one guardsman fires the gun. Closeup of the shot line smoothly paying out from the flaking box. It is fired to a simulated mast (tower) on the beach. Closeup of large spools of whip line with instructions to the distressed crew about their use. After the whip line and block are set on the distressed ship's mast, the Coast Guardsmen now prepare the whip line to move large hawser line to the mast. Large spools of hawser line are seen in background. Closeup of Guardsmen pulling hawser from the spools. Guardsmen tie the hawser to the whip line for hauling aboard the distressed vessel. Closeup of the whip line pulling the hawser across the sand to the tower. Guardsmen working rapidly to accomplish this. A breeches buoy being attached to the hawser which is then propped up for elevation. View of the Breeches Buoy traveling up to the tower. A guardsmen riding the breeches buoy down from the tower. He is helped by others when he reaches the ground. Closeup of a clamp placed on the hawser to retrieve it from the vessel. The hawser being retrieved.
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