S.O.S. Notlandung - Ein moderner Rettŭngseinsatz im Gebirge (“S.O.S. Forced Landing: A Modern Rescue Mission in the Mountains”, Red Cross in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1960)

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  • Title S.O.S. Notlandung - Ein moderner Rettŭngseinsatz im Gebirge (“S.O.S. Forced Landing: A Modern Rescue Mission in the Mountains”, Red Cross in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1960)
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  • Summary For copyright reasons this film can only currently be viewed on-site at the IFRC Archives. "Latest relief materials are utilized to rescue the victims of an aeroplane crash in the mountains." (League Film Library Catalogue, 1966, p. 42) This film was submitted to the special Red Cross centenary film festival in Cannes in 1963. 00:00 Opening titles. 00:36 Scenes of an aircraft in flight and landing; Red Cross rescue service packing up equipment into airplane; setting up mobile telephone operator to exchange information about the rescue operation. 02:04 Aircraft flying over mountainous area, identifies location of people in distress; call placed to nearest branch of mountain rescue service. 03:05 Local volunteers drive to location; parachutists drop from aircraft; starting ascent to reach the wounded; parachutist on site bandaging wounds. 05:20 Helicopter flies to site; climbers reach injured people and load them onto stretchers; helicopter collects injured people to take them to hospital. 08:22 People with more minor injuries are taken down the mountain on stretchers or by rope; helicopter lands and patients are taken by ambulance to hospital. 10:06 Closing titles. Original format: 16mm black and white acetate film with optical sound. Digitised in 2021. Normalised audio, applied noise reduction, reduced pop at 05.12, reduced volume of musical interludes, and brightened picture slightly before upload. Please get in touch with the IFRC for any information relating to this film or its rights holder(s). For all queries about copyright and the re-use of this film, or for queries about the other films in our collection, please contact Archives.Contact[at]ifrc.org. For further information about the IFRC Archives, please visit: https://ifrc.soutron.net/public/catalogue/en-GB/Search/SimpleSearch
  • Resolution High Resolution (larger than 3MB)
  • Region Europe
  • Archive series League Film Library
  • Archive source format 16mm film
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  • Alt Ref No League Film Library No. 297; ID No. 1654 Component Number 1368
  • Alternative title S.O.S. Forced Landing - Modern Mountain Rescue Methods
  • Date_Taken 1st January 1960
  • Keywords Archive, Search and rescue
  • Language German: DE
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  • Music Composer: Emil Ferstl
  • Reference Number c00043
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  • Copyright owner German Red Cross / Erhard Köhler Film ?
  • Country Germany
  • Credit line Picture and Director: Erhard Köhler With advice from: Karl Berger, Dr. E.v. Lölhöffel, Dr. A. Engelmann, Siegfried Kraemer, Hans Ullmann, and the Health and Mountain Rescue Service of the Red Cross
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