Air Rescue Off Vietnam (1966)

Bay of Tonkin, Vietnam. Documentation on file. Air to air shots of four U.S. Air Force single engine propeller planes flying in formation. L.S. Of single parachute dropping. Not very clear shot. Parachutist in the sea with small dinghy. A US Albatross flies in and lands near the dinghy and the rescue is made. C.U. Of the rescued pilot, Lieutenant Wayne Spelius and his arrival back at Da Nang Air Base. (F.G.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on th
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