# "DITCHING AT SEA" WWII

"DITCHING AT SEA" WWII Covers: ca. 1939–ca. 1945 Shot List , Summary: (Edited footage on sea-rescue story.) MS, B-24 in flight over ocean. Engines going dead. CUs, various members of the crew. MS, wireless operator setting key at automatic SOS. Crew preparing for crash landing. Plane crashes into sea. Men inflate life rafts. Crew in raft using portable radio. Crew is spotted by Air-Sea rescue plane. The men in raft send up distress signal. The plane answers that they have cited them and will notify PT boat of exact location. PT boat locates crash victims and takes them aboard. Dates , The creator compiled or maintained the parent series, Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, between 1947–1964. This item documents the time period of ca. 1939–ca. 1945. Edit Status , Audiovisual record(s) in this item have not been edited. Sound , Audiovisual record(s) in this item are silent. Access: Unrestricted , Use: Possibly Restricted , Use of these archival materials may be restricted for the following reason: Copyright , Subjects and References Copy shareable link Media Types . This section contains 1 items. Motion pictures , Part of 2 . This section contains 2 list items. Copy shareable link Record Group 111 Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer 1860 – 1985 Explore this Record Group Series Moving Images Relating to Military Activities 1947 – 1964 Explore this Series

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1939
- By: National Archives
- Genres: War, Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/111-adc-9797)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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