RAF Keeps Eye On Drifting Ship (1948)

Unissued / unused material. Royal Air Force keeps eye on drifting weather ship in Atlantic. L/S St. Eval coastal command airfield with a Lancaster bomber taxiing over. L/S flare dropping. C/U RAF observer with binoculars. C/U WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) radio operator in control tower. M/S observer looking through control tower window. C/U officer marking map. L/S drifting weather ship. L/S Lancaster bomber taking off. Air to air shots Lancaster flying over sea flying over cloud. Ground to air shot Lancaster flying overhead. Air to air shots Lancaster flying over sea and through cloud. Item is cuts from story in Gazette issue 48/99. Date given on old record is 10/12/1948. 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 coll