Holland - Para-Sailing 1968

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No title. Para-sailing - Dutch airmen learn how to land in water by parachute, Holland (Netherlands).

M/S parachute filled out by wind at Veluew Lake, Holland. M/S parachute instructor wearing parachute harness preparing to be pulled into air from boat. M/S boat on lake with tow line attached....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
56741
Sort Number:
68/049
Time in/Out:
01:20:04:00 / 01:21:21:00
Canister:
68/49
Film ID:
2063.08
Issue Date:
16/06/1968

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