United States Coast Guard Air Cushion Vehicle Acv Tests (1971)

Synopsis

This color film CGMP 11-71 is about the Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV) and its eight-month evaluation in 1971 for use with the Coast Guard. It is presented by the Department of Transportation and the U.S. Coast Guard. An Experimental Bell SK-5 Coast Guard air cushion vehicle hovercraft glides on top of the waves. It moves up onto the land. Others are briefly shown (:32- 1:54 ). In 1969, the Coast Guard Station in St. Petersburg evaluated one for use. The back rudders, propeller, and hull are shown. The propellers are turned on and the craft lifts up from the ramp before entering the water at Tampa Bay ( 1:55 - 2:53 ). It is shown crossing the beach and back into the water, as well as in the marshlands ( 2:54 - 3:26 ). Fort Point Coast Guard Station in San Francisco is shown from overhead and its sign, where the ACV was also researched. The spinning propellers are shown ( 3:27 - 3:52 ). An ACV is guided into the water on search-and-rescue missions. A man stands holding a red smoke flair on the deck of his boat. The Coast Guard ACV arrives, tosses the man a line, and tows the boat in. A downed pilot holds red smoke flares while treading water and is rescued ( 3:53 - 5:35 ). The ACV ferries repair personnel to service a buoy, which it can pull directly next to ( 5:42 - 6:29 ). The driver’s feet are shown operating directional controls ( 6:32 ). An ACV carries bales of straw to a beach area threatened by an oil spill. A woman carries a shovel of straw into the water ( 6:35 - 6:42 ).…

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8 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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