The movie will be based on Schuyler's 2010 book " Not Without Hope," written with Jeré Longford. Joe Carnahan ("The Grey," "Copshop," "The A-Team" movie) wrote the screenplay and is set to direct.

Retired Coast Guard pilot Dakata Brodie rates nine search-and-rescue helicopter scenes in movies and television shows for realism. He discusses the accuracy of helicopter rescue scenes in "The ...

A true-story Coast Guard rescue will soon get the big-screen treatment. (PO1 Nick Ameen/U.S. Coast Guard) On February 28, 2009, a group of friends set off on a trip that would end in tragedy.

When Coast Guard boatswain Bernie Webber pointed his tiny wooden rescue craft into the teeth of a vicious nor'easter off the coast of Cape Cod on Feb. 18, 1952, he would say he was just doing his job.

CHATHAM (CBS) -- Production crews transformed the front of the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Chatham into a snowy scene Saturday in preparation to film scenes for an upcoming Disney movie.

The mission is considered the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history and is the premise for the movie “The Finest Hours,” in theaters Friday and based on the 2009 book of the same name.

In 2006, he released his book, "The Coast Guard in Film." In 1997 he donated his collection of more than 500 pieces of movie ephemera to the United States Coast Guard Museum.

Experience the open water with the U.S. Coast Guard in this 360 video inspired by The Finest Hours, in theaters Friday. Posted by The Finest Hours on Sunday, 24 January 2016 ...

And the coxswain (Bernard Webber) was one of the best in the Coast Guard. I don’t think I was afraid at all any time during that night,” said Fitzgerald, who was 20 at the time.

Coast Guard rescue off Cape Cod made into movie By Doug Fraser, Cape Cod Times SOURCE: Disney Updated: 9:16 AM EST Jan 30, 2016 Editorial Standards ⓘ ...