• Short Summary

    A floating dock completes an Atlantic crossing.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "Floating Dock From Bermuda".

    At Sea. A floating dock completes an Atlantic crossing.

    GV Air view Dock out at sea. CU RAF (Royal Air Force) Navigator in Lancaster bomber plane. GV Air view Dock being towed by 2 tugs. CU Flying over dock. LV Side view dock. SV Pilot and navigator in plane. CU Radio operator GV A/V Falmouth Bay and harbour. TV Falmouth harbour in Cornwall. CU Pilot at controls. CU Flying over Dock.

    (Orig. Neg.)

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1469.28
    Media URN:
    47938
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    16/08/1951
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:48:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:29:42:00 / 01:30:30:00
    Canister:
    51/66

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    My father was a leading sick berth attendant,on the floating dock 5.And helped save the lives of two crew members caught in an explosion in the boiler room on the way back from Bermuda.

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