Parachute School 1956

Star Item

Description

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...

more

Tags more

Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1227
Time in/Out:
01:13:00:00 / 01:16:32:00
Canister:
CP 103
Film ID:
57.08

Appears in...

Collections
Cinemagazines
Categories
Sport & Leisure Lifestyle & Culture
Viewspaces
testing Untitled Viewspace

Stills

0:010:020:030:04

Comments

jamied
May 03

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).

10 Forgotten Child Stars

MISS FREDA BANNON

The entertainment industry has always had a "start 'em young" mentality, be it Britney Spears or Justin Bieber. But before that the limelight often...

Related Videos

2

R. A. F. (Raf) Survival School

Pilots dropped on snowy Alpine mountain top must find their way to a base - RAF survival exercise.

3

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 568 - Reel 2 Of 2 - Free...

Out takes ( rushes, cuts ) for stories in CP 568.

 

4

Tommy Handley Intros Parachute And Ancient Cars

Comedian Tommy Handley narrates item about parachute catapult in Moscow, vintage car race in South Africa...

5

Us Navy Parachute School Have Jumping Practice (Aka...

Students at US Navy Parachute School do parachute jump from airship.

6

UN Chiefs See Para-Raid Trial

Parachute School holds first Anglo-American co-operation exercise.

7

Parachutes In The News

Women show off their parachuting skills.

8

French Paratroops Training

Item showing parachute school in France. Good shots of training.

Gourmet of Yesterday

ARMY COOKS

They say you shouldn't play with your food but the truth is Britons love to make visual masterpieces out of their meals. Our archive gives...