- Title: VM-1139B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: "SKY DIVERS" FEATURES U.S. ARMY PARACHUTE TEAMS IN TWO-MILE HIGH MANEUVERS.
- Description:01:01:37 - 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 - 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 - 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 - MS- CARNIVAL DAREDEVIL IS PULLED OFF WING OF BI-PLANE HIGH IN THE AIR AS WIND CATCHES HIS PARACHUTE OPENING UP 01:04:20 - 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 - LS- LOW FLYING SOVIET PLANE DROPS MANNED VEHICLE AS IT SWOOPS DOWN. MS- MAN CRAWLS OUT OF VEHICLE 01:05:02 - MONTAGE- NAZI PARATROOPS DROP OVER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF AIRBORNE ASSAULTS. 01:05:20 - 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 - MONTAGE- AIRBORNE TROOPS IN TRAINING AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. 01:09:17 - THIALAND NATIVES, MANY USING UMBRELLAS TO SHADE THEM FROM THE SUN, WATCH PARATROOPS PUT ON A SHOW. 01:09:24 - ELS- PARATROOP IS SEEN USING HIS RESERVE CHUTE AS HE FALLS, WHEN THE OTHER FAILS. 01:10:00 - 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 - AERIAL- FILM TAKEN OF GROUND POSITIONS OF "ENEMY" BY A SMALL RADIO CONTROLLED PLANE WHICH IS RECOVERED BY PARACHUTE. 01:10:55 - LS- SAILORS USE LONG POLES TO RECOVER MISSILE'S NOSE CONE WHICH WAS PARACHUTED INTO THE OCEAN. 01:11:14 - ENTRANCE SIGN TO FORT BRAGG, N.C."HOME OF THE AIRBORNE" AND THE ARMY'S PARACHUTE TEAM. 01:11:30 - LS- A SPECIALIZED PARACHUTE WHICH MAY BE TOWED BY A GROUND VEHICLE IS TESTED. 01:12:04 - 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 - MS- EACH MAN, A QUALIFIED RIGGER, PACKS HIS OWN CHUTE. 01:12:39 - 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 - LS- A WEATHER BALLOON IS RELEASED AND A CONTROL ROOM MEASURES THE WIND VELOCITY. 01:13:43 - LS- PERRY CHECKS THE CHUTE ON EACH OF HIS MEN. LS- PLANE TAKES OFF. SKY DIVERS SIT IN PLANE. 01:14:35 - AERIAL- VIEW OF GROUND AT 10,000 FEET AS SEEN BY SKYDIVER. 01:14:41 - AERIAL- THE MEN JUMP ONE AT A TIME WITH THEIR ARMS AND LEGS IN A SPREAD EAGLE POSITION. 01:15:18 - LS- SKYDIVER MAKES BASIC BODY MANEUVERS AS HE FREE FALLS FOR AN ENDLESS PERIOD. 01:15:40 - LS- THE SKY-DIVERS FLY IN FORMATION, MEET IN MID-AIR AND JOIN HANDS. 01:16:38 - ELS- SMOKE TRAILS MARK THE FALLING SKY-DIVERS FROM THE GROUND. 01:17:19 - LS- THE SKY-DIVERS MANEUVER THEIR COLORFUL CHUTES AND LAND IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. 01:18:09 - MS- SKY-DIVERS MEET AT PARACHUTE CLUB IN ARMY INSTALLATION AND SIGN UP FOR AN EVENT. 01:18:25 - LS- CROWD IN STANDS WATCH SKYDIVING COMPETITION. 01:18:51 - 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 - MS- DIVER JUMPS AND BEGINS HIS MANEUVERS AS DIRECTED FROM THE GROUND. ELS- SKYDIVER IS SEEN FROM GROUND MAKING MANEUVERS. 01:19:51 - MS- LITTLE KIDS STRAIN THEIR NECKS TO WATCH WITH BINOCULARS. 01:20:06 - AERIAL-SKYDIVER HEADS TOWARDS TARGET ON GROUND. AS SEEN BY THE SKYDIVER. LS- SKYDIVER LANDS INCHES AWAY FROM CENTER OF TARGET 01:21:40 - 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 - AERIAL- SKYDIVER WAVES BACK TO THE PLANE AS HE FALLS. 01:25:32 - MONTAGE- SKYDIVERS GRACEFULLY FALL THROUGH THE AIR AND FLY LIKE BIRDS IN AN ENDLESS STREAM. ONE AT A TIME LANDING ON THE GROUND TARGET
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1962
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1139B