A new parachute is demonstrated at Nassau Airport.
The making of parachutes from sewing the silk to using the 'chute!
Newly released pictures of Britain's latest ground-to-air defence...
Famous parachutist Williams breaks the...
New fighters and civil machines are on show at an air...
An American inventor tries out a new parachute which opens more quickly...
British soldiers examine a balloon bomb.
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Hundreds of Italian spectators in suspense as parachute trick almost...
Cuts (out takes, rushes) for...
Demonstration at Stag Lane Aerodrome of latest...
A new fast-opening parachute is tested at a Luton airfield.
Footage of airmen jumping off the wings of aeroplanes with their parachutes,...
Aircrews take survival training in special centre near Cuxhaven, Germany.
Italian army paratroops at training.
Parachutists leaving aircraft and landing in snowy wastes, close up...
An ejection seat is being demonstrated.
Footage of supplies being parachuted to snow covered parts of...
New parachutes are tested in an American airfield.
RAF men test and pack parachutes.
2 year old Andrew Shaw practises parachuting with Parachute Regiment...
Franz Reichelt shows off his new parachute by leaping to his death.
People test out parachute that lifts them up and floats them along. Peyne...
The RAF in Germany celebrate their 50th anniversary with air display. ...
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Good shots of parachutists jumping from aircraft and testing different...
Parachute troops practise at Fort Benning, America (USA).
Students at US Navy...
Intrepid inventor makes a parachute jump from an airship.
US (U.S.) airmen test out new parachutes by jumping off...
A new type of parachute which opens automatically is demonstrated...
A parachute large enough to support the weight of a stricken aeroplane is...
Captain Spencer tests out new triple parachute, invented by Colonel Holt, with...
An American pilot turns off his engine and lets his plane fall to the...
Parachutist Harry Brickmeyer tests out new pilot ejection apparatus in America. (USA).
A monkey called Albert and two white mice are fired in a rocket in an...
RAF men demonstrate parascending at Barkstone Aerodrome, Leicestershire.
Launching lifeboat at Walmer in Kent and new type of parachute...
XB Stratojet Bomber in action - Maryland, USA.
Footage of ejector seat being tested in jet aircraft...
Lifeboat dropped onto water from B-29 aircraft to aid in sea...
Formation flying and stunts entertain crowds at an airshow in Cleveland,...
Captain Joseph Kittinger makes 12 mile drop from hot air balloon in USA.
Classroom in the sky in the form of new 600 m.p.h. pilot...
Demonstration of American...
R.A.F. Argosy on tarmac and in the air dropping...
Film about gliding. Great shots of...
A Pathe cameraman has at a new way of flying developed by the army - paragliding.
Schoolboys visit the Cranwell Aerodrome and receive instruction from RAF personnel.
127 paratroopers practise parachuting in Louisiana. America. Combined print.