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  1. Parachute Testing

    Date released
    8 Nov 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2214
    NoS ID
    029118
    Story no
    5 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parachute Testing. DESCRIPTION: A British idea - plastic parachutes on trial in Australia. SHOTLIST: Air to air aircraft shot parachute being dropped. MS parachute crashes to ground. MS...

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  2. Parachute Drop

    Date released
    18 Jul 1938
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    38/57
    NoS ID
    096198
    Story no
    6 / 11
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Latest type parachute tested.

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  3. Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott: Parachute News

    Date released
    16 Dec 1937
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    445A
    NoS ID
    008311
    Story no
    12 / 12

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parachute News. SHOTLIST: American Navy cadets at Parachute school. They enter dirigible at Lakehurst. Drop from same. Shot taken from above as one parachute drops and opens. Other...

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  4. Daring Parachute Descent

    Date released
    7 Jun 1926
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    771-2
    NoS ID
    130576
    Story no
    4 / 6

    Alan Cobham helps M Navarre with his parachute drop.

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  5. Reports: Parachute testing ends in fatality

    Date released
    11 Jan 1937
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    397
    NoS ID
    007174
    Story no
    3 / 14

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parachute Testing Ends in Fatality. SHOTLIST: Parachute floating down with dummy as passenger. Plane taking off. Shot of the parachute dropping and failing to open. Crashing to ground....

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  6. Parachute Troops in USA

    Date released
    28 Apr 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/34
    NoS ID
    098738
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Mass parachute drop by US paratroops. Shots of them boarding transport planes at Fort Benning, equipment and supplies being dropped by parachute and then the troops themselves jumping from the aircraft and...

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  7. Up by Parachute!

    Date released
    22 Oct 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1742
    NoS ID
    024846
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Up By Parachute!. DESCRIPTION: Gil Delamare, a 42-year-old Frenchman with a passion for parachutes decided to reverse the usual procedure for the cross-Channel trip from Calais to...

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  8. Plane Parachute

    Date released
    24 Mar 1932
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    178
    NoS ID
    138650
    Story no
    6 / 9
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Largest parachute in the world tested successfully.

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  9. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Parachute Test from Low Altitude

    Date released
    4 May 1942
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    674
    NoS ID
    012244
    Story no
    5 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Parachute Tested at Nassau Airport. DESCRIPTION: Testing of a new parachute in America, which is said to open quicker. SHOTLIST: This is the latest in parachutes. It is claimed to...

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  10. PLANE PARACHUTE

    Date released
    22 Oct 1928
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1835
    NoS ID
    387263
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Demonstration of a new safety device for airplanes: a big parachute.

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