Parachute Lift 1962

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Lasham, Hampshire.

M/S of a paratrooper having a harness fitted by two soldiers - "designed on the kite principle this special parachute will lift a man to about 200 feet". The two soldiers walk away from the paratrooper. C/U of a man getting into an army Land Rover, he looks out of the window....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3019
Sort Number:
CP 388
Time in/Out:
01:52:09:00 / 01:53:35:00
Canister:
CP 388
Film ID:
181.11
Issue Date:
04/06/1962

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