GIANT BOMBER DOWN IN ATLANTIC B36 crashes in flames into the Atlantic and the search begins for the survivors.
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	Catalog #:	208
	Clip Number:	208-1
	Orginal Film:	53/60
	Timecode:	01:40:00 - 01:43:29
	Location:	Atlantic Ocean
	Year Shot:	1953 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	DISASTERS: Air Crashes DISASTERS: Rescues LOCATIONS/ATLANTIC OCEAN: Misc MILITARY: Air Force, British (RAF) MILITARY: Air Force, USA (USAF)
	Description:	See also catalog # 136637. GIANT BOMBER DOWN IN ATLANTIC. Atlantic Ocean. LV. Towards and pan, giant American bomber B-36 taking off. SV. B-36 airborne. SCU. B-36 in flight. GV. Atlantic ocean. GV. Prestwick airport control tower. SV. Radio operator receiving message - American. CU. Radio Operator. CU. Col. Rigley reading report, picks up phone. CU. Rigley on phone. CU. "Rescue" written on the side of B-29 airplane, pan to crew being briefed. CU. Captain briefing crew, pan to crew. CU. Airborne lifeboat slung under B-29. SV. Hastings airplane starting up. SV. Washington or B-29 taxing (with lifeboat). SV. Pan, Washington taking off. LV. Towards, RAF Hastings airplane taking off. SV. Pan, Hastings taking off. CU. Radio operator in aircraft. GV Atlantic - empty. CU. American looking out of aircraft. Still of wreckage. CU. American pilot talking into throat mike. SV. Lifeboat slung under B-29 in flight. CU. Pilot looking out of window. LV. Airborne lifeboat (a lifeboat attached to a parachute) descending. SV. Lifeboat hits water. SV. Capt. Feeley ad Capt. John Aidem looking at map at Ruislip. CU. Capt. Aidem. CU. Ruler pointing out search area on map. LV. & SV. Crew climbing into USAF Dakota. TV. American man checking equipment on ground. SV. McConville being helped into aircraft. GV. Receding Scottish coast. CU. Pilot and co-pilot. GV. Atlantic ocean. CU. Man looking from window. LV. B-29 pouring oil. CU. Pilot. GV. Rescue ship. CU. Man looking out of window. LV. Rescue ship. CU. Man looking from window, tired out. GV. Atlantic. CU Airman from window. GV. Atlantic. SV. Hands at aircraft's controls. LV. & Pan, B-36 taking off. SCU. B-36 in flight, pan to BV. CU. Nose of B-36. SV. B-36 peeling off.

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