1962MILITARY
"SKY DIVERS"
FEATURES U.S. ARMY PARACHUTE TEAMS IN TWO-MILE HIGH MANEUVERS.
FEATURES U.S. ARMY PARACHUTE TEAMS IN TWO-MILE HIGH MANEUVERS.
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CU- CAPTAIN JAMES M. PERRY, COMMANDING OFFICER OF U.S. ARMY PARACHUTE TEAM SPEAKS AND TELLS OF THE MISSION OF HIS TEAM.
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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
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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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 01:04:45 189.67 |
LS- LOW FLYING SOVIET PLANE DROPS MANNED VEHICLE AS IT SWOOPS DOWN. MS- MAN CRAWLS OUT OF VEHICLE
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| 01:05:02 206.67 |
MONTAGE- NAZI PARATROOPS DROP OVER EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES PROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF AIRBORNE ASSAULTS. |
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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.
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| 01:09:17 461.67 |
THIALAND NATIVES, MANY USING UMBRELLAS TO SHADE THEM FROM THE SUN, WATCH PARATROOPS PUT ON A SHOW.
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| 01:09:24 468.67 |
ELS- PARATROOP IS SEEN USING HIS RESERVE CHUTE AS HE FALLS, WHEN THE OTHER FAILS.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 01:11:14 578.67 |
ENTRANCE SIGN TO FORT BRAGG, N.C."HOME OF THE AIRBORNE" AND THE ARMY'S PARACHUTE TEAM.
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| 01:11:30 594.67 |
LS- A SPECIALIZED PARACHUTE WHICH MAY BE TOWED BY A GROUND VEHICLE IS TESTED.
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| 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 |
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MS- EACH MAN, A QUALIFIED RIGGER, PACKS HIS OWN CHUTE.
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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
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| 01:13:30 714.67 |
LS- A WEATHER BALLOON IS RELEASED AND A CONTROL ROOM MEASURES THE WIND VELOCITY.
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| 01:13:43 727.67 |
LS- PERRY CHECKS THE CHUTE ON EACH OF HIS MEN.
LS- PLANE TAKES OFF. SKY DIVERS SIT IN PLANE. |
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AERIAL- VIEW OF GROUND AT 10,000 FEET AS SEEN BY SKYDIVER.
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| 01:14:41 785.67 |
AERIAL- THE MEN JUMP ONE AT A TIME WITH THEIR ARMS AND LEGS IN A SPREAD EAGLE POSITION.
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| 01:15:18 822.67 |
LS- SKYDIVER MAKES BASIC BODY MANEUVERS AS HE FREE FALLS FOR AN ENDLESS PERIOD.
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| 01:15:40 844.67 |
LS- THE SKY-DIVERS FLY IN FORMATION, MEET IN MID-AIR AND JOIN HANDS.
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| 01:16:38 902.67 |
ELS- SMOKE TRAILS MARK THE FALLING SKY-DIVERS FROM THE GROUND.
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| 01:17:19 943.67 |
LS- THE SKY-DIVERS MANEUVER THEIR COLORFUL CHUTES AND LAND IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA.
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| 01:18:09 993.67 |
MS- SKY-DIVERS MEET AT PARACHUTE CLUB IN ARMY INSTALLATION AND SIGN UP FOR AN EVENT.
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| 01:18:25 1009.67 |
LS- CROWD IN STANDS WATCH SKYDIVING COMPETITION.
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 01:19:51 1095.67 |
MS- LITTLE KIDS STRAIN THEIR NECKS TO WATCH WITH BINOCULARS.
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AERIAL-SKYDIVER HEADS TOWARDS TARGET ON GROUND. AS SEEN BY THE SKYDIVER. LS- SKYDIVER LANDS INCHES AWAY FROM CENTER OF TARGET
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MONTAGE- FILM OF GROUND AS SEEN FROM A FREE FALLING SKYDIVER AND AS HE IS ABOUT TO HIT THE TARGET IN DEAD CENTER.
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AERIAL- SKYDIVER WAVES BACK TO THE PLANE AS HE FALLS.
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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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