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Parachute School 1956
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Chobham, Surrey.
Scenes at the British Parachute School at Fairoaks Aerodrome. Narrator tells the history of the club which has 7 women amongst its membership of 36.
We see some of the members practising their fall technique. C/U of one of the female members being told how to fall...
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- Time in/Out:
- 01:13:00:00 / 01:16:32:00
- Canister:
- CP 103
- Film ID:
- 57.08
- Issue Date:
- 17/12/1956
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Seen behind the parachutists at 00:28 is a de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth aircraft (Reg. No. G-ANOM).
The plane that the parachutist goes up in is an Auster J1N (Reg. No. G-AJDV).