AT SEA: DISASTERS: Captain Courtney rescued in Mid atlantic (1928)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit MidAtlantic Rescue: Captain Courtney saved after Flight Disaster. Shipboard amateur film recorded the actual Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION CAPTION SPECIAL THE MIDATLANTIC RESCUE OF CAPTAIN COURTNEY FORCED DOWN IN MIDOCEAN BY ENGINE ROOM BLAZE, CAPTAIN COURTNEY AND THREE COMPANIONS ATTEMPTING ATLANTIC FLIGHT ARE 14 HOURS IN PERIL BEFORE THEIR SOS IS ANSWERED TO AN AMATEUR CINEMA PHOTOGRAPHER ON BOARD THE LINER MINNEWASKA , WE ARE INDEBTED FOR THIS UNIQUE PICTORIAL RECORD OF A REAL DRAMA OF THE SEA AT SEA (August 1928) Dornier Napier flying boat The Whale at sea stranded, life boat rowing towards aircraft CAPTION TAKEN OFF ALMOST EXHAUSTED Lifeboat rescuing airmen and rowing back to liner, people on deck watching rescue CAPTION THE RESCUE PARTY AND THE RESCUED Sailors and airmen shaking hands Captain Frank T Courtney and his