Shot in the summer of 1943, at 67 minutes this dramatisation of the contribution of the Air Sea Rescue service to the war effort shot with the cooperation of both the Air Ministry and the Admiralty is technically director Charles Crichton's first feature.
The sound is obviously post-synced but it uses professional actors (wartime audiences were probably already familiar with David Farrar, Ralph Michael & John Slater) and builds up to a suspenseful climax that anticipates by a year 'Western Approaches' (whose long and involved gestation meant that although already well into production still wouldn't be hitting cinemas for several more months to come).
The sound is obviously post-synced but it uses professional actors (wartime audiences were probably already familiar with David Farrar, Ralph Michael & John Slater) and builds up to a suspenseful climax that anticipates by a year 'Western Approaches' (whose long and involved gestation meant that although already well into production still wouldn't be hitting cinemas for several more months to come).