Casablanca - Pamir Survivors Arrive (1957)

Casablanca, Morocco and Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany (Western Germany). GV. US Ship ’Geiger’ being towed up at Casablanca harbour. AS. Five survivors from Pamir on bridge of ship. CU. Hands, pan to face of anxious father who is waiting to see his son again. Father, Mr Anders, was once a captain. LS. Gangplank being placed into position. SV. Father going up gangplank. SV. Five survivors on deck. SCU. Father rushes to embrace son Folkert, and son kisses his father. SV. Captain Herman Lotz of the ’Geiger’ shakes hands with the boys to say goodbye. CU. One of the boys with beard, shows signs of being weather beaten. CU. Another boy with marks on face. CU. Several shots of other boys with marks on their faces - all quite young. CU. Boy and father who is talking to him. GV. Photographers on quayside. SV. Survivors coming down gangplank. AS. Night time, Hamburg airport. LS. Survivors leaving plane. SCU. Survivor hugged and kissed by family and friends after leaving plane. SCU. Another survivor is hugg
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