A Long Drop! 1934

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Description

Titles read: "A LONG DROP! The tale of a Parachute."

New Jersey, United States of America.

Various shots show a 200 lb dummy carrying 150 extra pounds of iron being fitted with a parachute in a field. The exercise is to test a new parachute. An airship hoists the dummy into the sky...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51896
Sort Number:
PSP 838
Time in/Out:
01:24:41:00 / 01:25:26:00
Canister:
PSP 839
Film ID:
1628.15
Issue Date:
03/05/1934

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