- Title: AT SEA: DISASTERS: Captain Courtney rescued in Mid atlantic
- Date: 1st January 1928
- Summary: SLATE INFORMATION CAPTION - SPECIAL = THE MID-ATLANTIC RESCUE OF CAPTAIN COURTNEY - FORCED DOWN IN MID-OCEAN BY ENGINE ROOM BLAZE , CAPTAIN COURTNEY AND THREE COMPANIONS ATTEMPTING ATLANTIC FLIGHT ARE 14 HOURS IN PERIL BEFORE THEIR SOS IS ANSWERED TO AN AMATEUR CINEMA PHOTOGRAPHER ON BOARD THE LINER "MINNEWASKA" , WE ARE INDEBTED FOR THIS UNIQUE PICTORIAL RECORD OF A REAL DRAMA OF THE SEA AT SEA (August 1928) Dornier- Napier flying boat "The Whale" at sea stranded / life boat rowing towards aircraft CAPTION - TAKEN OFF ALMOST EXHAUSTED - Lifeboat rescuing airmen and rowing back to liner / people on deck watching rescue CAPTION -- THE RESCUE PARTY AND THE RESCUED Sailors and airmen shaking hands Captain Frank T Courtney and his companions CAPTION - A FEW DAYS LATER - MINNEWASKA ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HAVING SAILED 341 MILES OFF HER COURSE Liner sailing into New York harbour / people looking down from decks CAPTION - A HEARTY RECEPTION FOR THE GALLANT BRITISH PILOT AND HIS COMRADES AS THEY BOARD MUNICPAL YACHT Captain Coutney and his companions on board yacht posing for news ptographers and film cameras Close ups of the rescued airmen
- Embargoed: 16th January 1928 12:00
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- Location: AT SEA
- Country: AT SEA
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVA23C9CT87PVA5U3BJZYFKID2W9
- Story Text: Mid-Atlantic Rescue: Captain Courtney saved after Flight Disaster. Shipboard amateur film recorded the actual rescue. Gaumont special consisting of stories GR 13300 and 13301)
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