428-NPC-5864-rescue1.mp4

RESCUE OF AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR AFTER SINKING OF KAKUYO MARU, Japanese PRISON SHIP, 09/15/1944
ARC Identifier 77692 / Local Identifier 428-NPC-5864
Item from Record Group 428: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1941 - 2004
1) MS Survivors afloat on parts of wreckage; sub crew members FG.2) MS Crew members help survivors to deck of SS-SV.3) MS Survivors adrift with life belt.4) MCU Sub crewmen remove oil from survivors on deck SS.5) MCU Crewmen pull exhausted survivor from water to deck SS.6) HS Crewmen on bow of SS throw line to survivors.7) MS Crewmen help survivors to deck SS, help them down hatch.8) MS-Pan Interior shots showing survivors in bunks etc.9) MCU Crewman helps survivor down hatch.10) MS Crewman swims out to survivor & helps him aboard SS.11) CU Survivor covered with fuel oil on deck of SS.QUALITY: FAIR

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