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ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES

1975-0227

Film

2 of 2

1940

National Film Board

This film traces each step in the training of a paratrooper, beginning with physical fitness, then training and finally jumping. He first jumps from a moving truck, is blown along the ground by a wind machine and onto a tall tower for his first real jump. After extensive training the “troopers” jump from a real plane. Good stock shots of scenes from a British film on paratroopers showing training under battle conditions in snow and in the desert. Also included are shots of Russian paratroopers clinging to the wings of a giant TB-3 bomber in flight, jumping from that position; Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bombers dropping loads of paratroopers; and Blenheim bombers assisting. The film concludes with a graduation of paratroopers from Ft. Benning, Georgia. <12mn>

English

Libre

V1 2012-04-0001

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