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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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Year: 1962  Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY

Description: "SKY DIVERS" FEATURES U.S. ARMY PARACHUTE TEAMS IN TWO-MILE HIGH MANEUVERS.

Keywords: parachute


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