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WWII - 1940s, USA Coast Guard: Burning Freighter & Rescued Men; Coast Guard Station

Reel Number: 220657-12

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: Germany,USA

Location: At Sea,Manasquan, New Jersey

TC Begins: 01:04:10

TC Ends: 01:09:34

Duration: 00:05:24

WWII - 1940s, USA Coast Guard: Burning Freighter & Rescued Men; Coast Guard Station MLS From low in water aka POV from submarine of burning freighter / tanker sinking. MS tanker & heavy black oil smoke, nearly submerged deck w/ damaged midship. Man at rail in rolling seas; w/ binoculars. Ship on horizon blinking signal light. 01:05:18 MCU Bow of tanker, midship burning; sinking. 01:06:09 Small US Coast Guard boat at dock. Man seen working onboard. 01:06:25 CU Sign: U.S. Coast Guard Manasquan Inlet Station. (New Jersey) MLS same sign on cupola & tilt down. 01:06:33 Rescued men at table drinking coffee & smiling. CUs. 01:06:49 MCU, Oil on hull of coast guard boat. MS at dock w/ army cameraman on dock. 01:06:58 Floating debris on water. CU one of two men looking thru binocular. 01:07:09 Slug 01:07:23 MLS Oil tank hull low in water burning w/ black smoke at water line in broken middle; sinking, plane overhead. 01:08:29 CU oil soaked man / body in rope on side of ship, lowered to water; floating away from ship. 01:08:38 LS of smoke rising from burning ship, plane over water in middle vision. Small naval ship past. WW2 Rescues; Torpedoed Tankers; Petroleum; Shipping Danger; NOTE: Two reels combined. If requested may combine w/ other complete short reels to total maximum 10 minutes.

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