CU- CAPTAIN JAMES M. PERRY, COMMANDING OFFICER OF
U.S. ARMY PARACHUTE TEAM SPEAKS AND TELLS OF THE
MISSION OF HIS TEAM.

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

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.

MONTAGE- NAZI PARATROOPS DROP OVER EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES PROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF AIRBORNE
ASSAULTS.

MONTAGE- AIRBORNE TROOPS IN TRAINING AT FORT
BENNING, GEORGIA.

ELS- PARATROOP IS SEEN USING HIS RESERVE CHUTE
AS HE FALLS, WHEN THE OTHER FAILS.

AERIAL- FILM TAKEN OF GROUND POSITIONS OF "ENEMY"
BY A SMALL RADIO CONTROLLED PLANE WHICH IS
RECOVERED BY PARACHUTE.

ENTRANCE SIGN TO FORT BRAGG, N.C."HOME OF THE
AIRBORNE" AND THE ARMY'S PARACHUTE TEAM.

MS- THE PARACHUTE TEAM SQUAT ON GROUND AS THEY
ARE BRIEFED BY CAPTAIN PERRY NEXT TO THEIR PLANE.
PERRY DEMONSTRATES MOVES ON BLACKBOARD

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

LS- PERRY CHECKS THE CHUTE ON EACH OF HIS MEN.
LS- PLANE TAKES OFF. SKY DIVERS SIT IN PLANE.

AERIAL- THE MEN JUMP ONE AT A TIME WITH THEIR ARMS
AND LEGS IN A SPREAD EAGLE POSITION.

LS- THE SKY-DIVERS FLY IN FORMATION, MEET IN
MID-AIR AND JOIN HANDS.

LS- THE SKY-DIVERS MANEUVER THEIR COLORFUL CHUTES
AND LAND IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA.

LS- CROWD IN STANDS WATCH SKYDIVING COMPETITION.

MS- DIVER JUMPS AND BEGINS HIS MANEUVERS AS
DIRECTED FROM THE GROUND. ELS- SKYDIVER IS SEEN
FROM GROUND MAKING MANEUVERS.

AERIAL-SKYDIVER HEADS TOWARDS TARGET ON GROUND. AS
SEEN BY THE SKYDIVER. LS- SKYDIVER LANDS INCHES
AWAY FROM CENTER OF TARGET

AERIAL- SKYDIVER WAVES BACK TO THE PLANE AS HE FALLS.