01:01:37 1.67 |
CU- CAPTAIN JAMES M. PERRY, COMMANDING OFFICER OF
U.S. ARMY PARACHUTE TEAM SPEAKS AND TELLS OF THE MISSION OF HIS TEAM. |
01:02:53 77.67 |
MS- PERRY HOLDS UP A MINIATURE MODEL OF PARACHUTE
INVENTED BY LEONARDI DA VINCI. SHOWS DRAWINGS OF INVENTION BY FRENCHMAN WHICH WAS WITNESSED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 300 YEARS AFTER DA VINCI |
01:04:00 144.67 |
MS- WWI WARPLANES LINE UP ON THE GROUND WITH ONE
ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. CU- WWI PILOT HAS BEAD ON ENEMY PLANE HE IS TAILING, AS SEEN FROM SEAT BEHIND PILOT |
01:04:11 155.67 |
MS- CARNIVAL DAREDEVIL IS PULLED OFF WING OF
BI-PLANE HIGH IN THE AIR AS WIND CATCHES HIS PARACHUTE OPENING UP |
01:04:20 164.67 |
LS- SOVIET SOLDIERS JUMP OFF HIGH TOWERS AS THEY
EXPERIMENT WITH PARACHUTES FOR MILITARY USE IN THE 1930s. EARLY FILM OF SOVIETS PARACHUTING OUT OF LARGE PLANES. |
01:04:45 189.67 |
LS- LOW FLYING SOVIET PLANE DROPS MANNED VEHICLE
AS IT SWOOPS DOWN. MS- MAN CRAWLS OUT OF VEHICLE |
01:05:02 206.67 |
MONTAGE- NAZI PARATROOPS DROP OVER EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES PROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF AIRBORNE ASSAULTS. |
01:05:20 224.67 |
MONTAGE- SHIRTLESS GIS JUMP HURDLES AS AMERICAN
PARATROOPS TRAIN FOR WWII. MONTAGE-SKY FILLED WITH PARATROOPS TRAINING AND AT WAR ON D-DAY. MS- PARATROOPS SMOKE AS THEY AWAIT ORDERS TO JUMP |
01:07:37 361.67 |
MONTAGE- AIRBORNE TROOPS IN TRAINING AT FORT
BENNING, GEORGIA. |
01:09:17 461.67 |
THIALAND NATIVES, MANY USING UMBRELLAS TO SHADE
THEM FROM THE SUN, WATCH PARATROOPS PUT ON A SHOW. |
01:09:24 468.67 |
ELS- PARATROOP IS SEEN USING HIS RESERVE CHUTE
AS HE FALLS, WHEN THE OTHER FAILS. |
01:10:00 504.67 |
LS- A GI USES A HAND-HELD RADIO CONTROL UNIT TO
CONTROL A "DRONE" TARGET PLANE. WHEN HIT, THE MIDGET PLANE PARACHUTES TO THE GROUND. |
01:10:26 530.67 |
AERIAL- FILM TAKEN OF GROUND POSITIONS OF "ENEMY"
BY A SMALL RADIO CONTROLLED PLANE WHICH IS RECOVERED BY PARACHUTE. |
01:10:55 559.67 |
LS- SAILORS USE LONG POLES TO RECOVER MISSILE'S
NOSE CONE WHICH WAS PARACHUTED INTO THE OCEAN. |
01:11:14 578.67 |
ENTRANCE SIGN TO FORT BRAGG, N.C."HOME OF THE
AIRBORNE" AND THE ARMY'S PARACHUTE TEAM. |
01:11:30 594.67 |
LS- A SPECIALIZED PARACHUTE WHICH MAY BE TOWED BY
A GROUND VEHICLE IS TESTED. |
01:12:04 628.67 |
MS- THE PARACHUTE TEAM SQUAT ON GROUND AS THEY
ARE BRIEFED BY CAPTAIN PERRY NEXT TO THEIR PLANE. PERRY DEMONSTRATES MOVES ON BLACKBOARD |
01:12:14 638.67 |
MS- EACH MAN, A QUALIFIED RIGGER, PACKS HIS OWN
CHUTE. |
01:12:39 663.67 |
MS- A SKYDIVER MOUNTS HIS CHUTE ON HIS BACK & AN
RESERVE CHUTE ON HIS CHEST. CU- SMOKE GRENADES ATTACHED TO HIS SHOWS MARKS HIS DESCENT FROM THE GROUND. CU- AN ALTIMETER IS ALSO ATTACHED TO CHEST |
01:13:30 714.67 |
LS- A WEATHER BALLOON IS RELEASED AND A CONTROL
ROOM MEASURES THE WIND VELOCITY. |
01:13:43 727.67 |
LS- PERRY CHECKS THE CHUTE ON EACH OF HIS MEN.
LS- PLANE TAKES OFF. SKY DIVERS SIT IN PLANE. |
01:14:35 779.67 |
AERIAL- VIEW OF GROUND AT 10,000 FEET AS SEEN BY
SKYDIVER. |
01:14:41 785.67 |
AERIAL- THE MEN JUMP ONE AT A TIME WITH THEIR ARMS
AND LEGS IN A SPREAD EAGLE POSITION. |
01:15:18 822.67 |
LS- SKYDIVER MAKES BASIC BODY MANEUVERS AS HE
FREE FALLS FOR AN ENDLESS PERIOD. |
01:15:40 844.67 |
LS- THE SKY-DIVERS FLY IN FORMATION, MEET IN
MID-AIR AND JOIN HANDS. |
01:16:38 902.67 |
ELS- SMOKE TRAILS MARK THE FALLING SKY-DIVERS FROM
THE GROUND. |
01:17:19 943.67 |
LS- THE SKY-DIVERS MANEUVER THEIR COLORFUL CHUTES
AND LAND IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. |
01:18:09 993.67 |
MS- SKY-DIVERS MEET AT PARACHUTE CLUB IN ARMY
INSTALLATION AND SIGN UP FOR AN EVENT. |
01:18:25 1009.67 |
LS- CROWD IN STANDS WATCH SKYDIVING COMPETITION.
|
01:18:51 1035.67 |
AERIAL- TARGETS ON GROUND ARE SEEN FROM PLANE AT
7000 FEET. ON THE GROUND, SIGNAL PANELS ARE USED TO FLASH INSTRUCTIONS OF SPECIFIC MANEUVERS SKY-DIVERS ARE TO EXECUTE |
01:19:25 1069.67 |
MS- DIVER JUMPS AND BEGINS HIS MANEUVERS AS
DIRECTED FROM THE GROUND. ELS- SKYDIVER IS SEEN FROM GROUND MAKING MANEUVERS. |
01:19:51 1095.67 |
MS- LITTLE KIDS STRAIN THEIR NECKS TO WATCH WITH
BINOCULARS. |
01:20:06 1110.67 |
AERIAL-SKYDIVER HEADS TOWARDS TARGET ON GROUND. AS
SEEN BY THE SKYDIVER. LS- SKYDIVER LANDS INCHES AWAY FROM CENTER OF TARGET |
01:21:40 1204.67 |
MONTAGE- FILM OF GROUND AS SEEN FROM A FREE
FALLING SKYDIVER AND AS HE IS ABOUT TO HIT THE TARGET IN DEAD CENTER. |
01:22:47 1271.67 |
AERIAL- SKYDIVER WAVES BACK TO THE PLANE AS HE FALLS.
|
01:25:32 1436.67 |
MONTAGE- SKYDIVERS GRACEFULLY FALL THROUGH THE AIR AND FLY LIKE BIRDS IN AN ENDLESS STREAM. ONE AT A TIME LANDING ON THE GROUND TARGET
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Description: "SKY DIVERS" FEATURES U.S. ARMY PARACHUTE TEAMS IN TWO-MILE HIGH MANEUVERS.
Keywords: parachute
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