- Title: ENGLAND: ACTOR RESCUED BY HELICOPTER AFTER UK CLIFF FALL
- Date: 14th March 1962
- Summary: 1. LV MEN ON TOP OF CLIFF 0.05 2. SV RESCUERS ROUND STRETCHER (2 SHOTS) 0.15 3. LV HELICOPTER 0.21 4. SCU POLICEMEN AND OTHERS LEAN OVER STRETCHER 0.24 5. SV HELICOPTER WITH RESCUED MAN ON BOARD 0.35 6. SV MAN LOOKS OUT 0.36 7. CU HELICOPTER FLIES AWAY 0.42 Initials KB/B/WH/FW Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: CORNWALL, ENGLAND
- Country: United Kingdom
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- Story Text:AN ACTOR WHO HAS A LEADING ROLE IN A CURRENT LONDON MUSICAL PRODUCTION WAS RESCUED BY HELICOPTER AFTER HE FELL OVER A CLIFF ON THE COAST OF CORNWALL, ENGLAND, MARCH 13. BARRY HUMPHRIES - WHO PLAYS THE PART OF SOWERBY, THE UNDERTAKER, IN THE WEST END PLAY "OLIVER!" - WAS ON HOLIDAY AT THE TIME. HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE CLIFF WHEN HIS WIFE SLIPPED AND FELL. IN TRYING TO RESCUE HER, HUMPHRIES LOST HIS BALANCE AND ROLLED DOWN THE 150 FT. SLOPE ON TO ROCKS. HUMPHRIES, WHO WAS NOT BADLY HURT, STRUGGLED TO A FARMHOUSE HALF A MILE AWAY FOR HELP. POLICE, FIREMEN AND COAST-GUARDS STRAPPED THE INJURED ACTOR TO A STRETCHER WHILE THE NAVAL HELICOPTER WAS FINDING A SMALL PIECE OF LEVEL GROUND TO LAND. HUMPHRIES WAS FLOWN TO THE WEST CORNWALL HOSPITAL AT PENZANCE, SUFFERING FROM A BROKEN ARM AND OTHER INJURIES. THE HELICOPTER THEN RETURNED TO PICK UP HIS WIFE.
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