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1940-1946WORLD WAR II

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"AIRBORNE TO BATTLE"
THE HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRBORNE ARMY
00:31:40 20.8 thumbnail
NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT AVIATION AND THE AIRBORNE
TROOPS STARTING FROM TURN OF THE CENTURY TO
PRESENT.
00:32:27 67.8 thumbnail
MS- PARATROOPS SIT IN THE PLANE WITH THEIR CHUTE
PACKS IN THEIR LAPS.
00:32:40 80.8 thumbnail
LS- BALLOON WITH MAN IN IT WAS A SPECTACLE TO
BEHOLD AT TURN OF CENTURY (EARLY FILM).
00:32:45 85.8 thumbnail
LS- EARLY FLIGHT IN 1903. MEN HAND TURN PROP TO
GET ENGINE STARTED.
00:33:10 110.8 thumbnail
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 thumbnail
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 thumbnail
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 thumbnail
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 thumbnail
AERIAL- SICILIAN CHILDREN LOOKING UP AT CAMERA
AND APPLAUDING, BAND PLAYS AND ALSO LOOKS UP
00:36:10 290.8 thumbnail
MONTAGE- HITLER VISITING COASTAL DEFENSES.
00:37:04 344.8 thumbnail
LS- PARATROOPS DESCENDING OVER FRANCE ON D-DAY
00:38:00 400.8 thumbnail
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 thumbnail
MS- GLIDERS LANDING IN A DUTCH FIELD FOLLOWED BY
A SKY FILLED WITH PARATROOPS.
00:40:49 569.8 thumbnail
MS- A GI LOOKS AT A BODY OF A GERMAN SOLDIER NEXT
TO A SHATTERED CANNON THEN, WALKS AWAY.
00:41:14 594.8 thumbnail
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 thumbnail
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 thumbnail
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 thumbnail
LS- THE TRAINEES JUMP FROM A HIGH PLATFORM BUT
THE FALL IS BROKEN SHORT OF THE GROUND
00:44:11 771.8 thumbnail
MONTAGE- SCENES OF PARATROOPS JUMPING IN THE
PACIFIC THEATER AGAINST THE JAPANESE.
00:53:15 1315.8 thumbnail
MS- AN OFFICER INSPECTS THE INSIDE OF A TRANSPORT
PLANE TO SEE TO THE SAFETY OF PARATROOPS BEFORE
THEY JUMP.
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MS- THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE OF THE PARATROOP
AS HE JUMPS FROM PLANE
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