Flt.Lt Murray (David Farrar) is a pilot who fails to join the RAF
during WWII and decides to join the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat
is out in all conditions picking up drowned pilots and taking them to
safety. P/O Rawlings (Ralph Michael) is a new recruit who resents
joining Farrar's boat and would rather be where the action is - in the
air. During a mission, they run into an enemy minefield and an armed
trawler...
For Those In Peril, presents the work of the
Air-Sea Rescue in documentary terms, providing the public with a
glimpse of an aspect of war that tends to be overlooked. It was also
the closest Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob, Dead of Night, The Titfield Thunderbolt) got to documentary realism during his long Ealing career.
The story was written by Richard Hillary, a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain whose experiences inspired his book, The Last Enemy.
None specified David Farrer, Ralph Michael, Robert Wyndham, John Slater, Robert Griffith, John Batten, Tony Bazell, Peter Arne
Charles Crichton
77 mins
1944
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English
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