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"AIRBORNE TO BATTLE"
THE HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRBORNE ARMY |
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NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT AVIATION AND THE AIRBORNE
TROOPS STARTING FROM TURN OF THE CENTURY TO PRESENT. |
| 00:32:27 67.8 |
MS- PARATROOPS SIT IN THE PLANE WITH THEIR CHUTE
PACKS IN THEIR LAPS. |
| 00:32:40 80.8 |
LS- BALLOON WITH MAN IN IT WAS A SPECTACLE TO
BEHOLD AT TURN OF CENTURY (EARLY FILM). |
| 00:32:45 85.8 |
LS- EARLY FLIGHT IN 1903. MEN HAND TURN PROP TO
GET ENGINE STARTED. |
| 00:33:10 110.8 |
LS- ARMY SOLDIERS ROLL OUT AN EARLY MODEL FOR
TEST FLIGHT. AERIAL- VIEW OF GROUND AS SEEN FROM ARMY BI-PLANE. PHOTOGRAPHER LEANS OVER COCKPIT TO TAKE PICTURES. |
| 00:33:21 121.8 |
MS- DAREDEVIL STANDS ON WING WITH PARACHUTE ON
AND THEN JUMPS TO THRILL A SUNDAY CROWD. PARACHUTIST LANDS IN WATER. |
| 00:34:04 164.8 |
MONTAGE- PARATROOP TRAINING HAS MEN SLIDING DOWN
CABLES AND LANDING WITH A SOMMERSAULT. LS- TROOPS JUMPING OUT PLANES, SLOWLY DESCENDING IN CHUTES |
| 00:34:47 207.8 |
LS- GERMAN PLANES DISCHARGE THEIR CARGO OF
PARATROOPS OVER THE ISLE OF CRETE DURING WWII. THEY QUICKLY GATHER THEIR CHUTES WHEN THEY LAND. |
| 00:35:56 276.8 |
AERIAL- SICILIAN CHILDREN LOOKING UP AT CAMERA
AND APPLAUDING, BAND PLAYS AND ALSO LOOKS UP |
| 00:36:10 290.8 |
MONTAGE- HITLER VISITING COASTAL DEFENSES.
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| 00:37:04 344.8 |
LS- PARATROOPS DESCENDING OVER FRANCE ON D-DAY
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| 00:38:00 400.8 |
LS- GLIDERS LINE A FIELD IN ENGLAND. MONTAGE-
LOGOS AND DRAWINGS ON GLIDERS. MS- A JEEP BEING DRIVEN INTO THE GLIDER FOLLOWED BY SOLDIERS FOR THE INVASION OF HOLLAND IN WWII. |
| 00:39:32 492.8 |
MS- GLIDERS LANDING IN A DUTCH FIELD FOLLOWED BY
A SKY FILLED WITH PARATROOPS. |
| 00:40:49 569.8 |
MS- A GI LOOKS AT A BODY OF A GERMAN SOLDIER NEXT
TO A SHATTERED CANNON THEN, WALKS AWAY. |
| 00:41:14 594.8 |
MS- GENERALS MCAULIFFE AND GENERAL TAYLOR WALK BY
A SIGN 'BASTOGNE' WHICH THEY SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED DURING THE BATTLE OF THE 'BULGE'. |
| 00:41:49 629.8 |
LS- GIS SITTING ON GROUND ARE SHOWN HOW TO USE A
PARACHUTE BY INSTRUCTOR USING ANOTHER GI AS MODEL MS- HE WALKS AND PULLS THE CHUTE OUT OF ITS HARNESS UNTIL IT IS FULLY EXTENDED. |
| 00:42:36 676.8 |
LS- TRAINEES HOOK UP THEIR CHUTES ON WIRE AND GO
THROUGH THE PROCEDURES OF JUMPING FROM PLANE, INSTEAD THEY JUMP OFF A SHORT PLATFORM TO GROUND. |
| 00:43:10 710.8 |
LS- THE TRAINEES JUMP FROM A HIGH PLATFORM BUT
THE FALL IS BROKEN SHORT OF THE GROUND |
| 00:44:11 771.8 |
MONTAGE- SCENES OF PARATROOPS JUMPING IN THE
PACIFIC THEATER AGAINST THE JAPANESE. |
| 00:53:15 1315.8 |
MS- AN OFFICER INSPECTS THE INSIDE OF A TRANSPORT
PLANE TO SEE TO THE SAFETY OF PARATROOPS BEFORE THEY JUMP. |
| 00:56:53 1533.8 |
MS- THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE OF THE PARATROOP
AS HE JUMPS FROM PLANE |
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Year: 1890
Color: Black & White
Genre: NEWSREELS
Specialty CollectionGenre: NEWSREELS
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