U-Boat Killer (1943)

Full title reads: “U-BOAT KILLER“. Long Island Sound. Various shots of a Sikorsky XR-4 helicopter on a converted merchant ship “Bunker Hill“ demonstrating it can land and take off from a special flight deck on the ship. The idea is to load the helicopter with a depth charge and hover over U-boat targets and score a more direct hit. (Mute & Track Negs.) 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 the British Pathé website.