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  1. Ken Maginnis on tension in Coalisland (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Ulster Unionist MP, Ken Maginnis, on tension in the town of Coalisland in County Tyrone, where the army’s Parachute Regiment has been ordered to stay clear following a series of clashes...

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  2. Commandos of the Air

    Date released
    25 Nov 1940
    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/B; Paramount Issue No.: 1016
    NoS ID
    156575
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The Parachute Squad. Mr Leslie L (Arwin?) [sic] supervises parachute manufacture. Men perform exercises in readiness to learn how to fall correctly; trained to ward off enemy attack after landing; perform...

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  3. Role of 2 Para in Argentine surrender (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Robert Fox reports from the Falkland Islands on the action by the Parachute Regiment (2 Para) that led to the surrender of the Argentine forces. British troops held a thanksgiving service, led by The...

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  4. News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Learning to Sky Leap

    Date released
    24 Aug 1939
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    533A
    NoS ID
    010187
    Story no
    3 / 11

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Navy Parachuter Jumpers. DESCRIPTION: Parachute packers learn to sky leap. SHOTLIST: A blimp takes off at the Navy Parachute School, and climbs up through the clouds. It carries aloft a...

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  5. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: USA Trains Airmen in Parachute Dropping

    Date released
    21 Oct 1940
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    594
    NoS ID
    011216
    Story no
    1 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parachute Troops. DESCRIPTION: America trains parachute troops to drop complete with equipment. SHOTLIST: The men get into their transport planes which take off. Shots of the jump and...

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  6. From Clouds into Mersey. Mr Gadsby, the One-Legged Swimmer Drops 1,000 Feet by Parachute from Aeroplane

    Date released
    11 Sep 1919
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    884
    NoS ID
    077634
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Bi-plane in flight. Aerial view over Mersey river. Parachute jump.

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  7. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Parachute Brake for Jet Bomber

    Date released
    3 Feb 1949
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1026A
    NoS ID
    015556
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parachute Brake for Jet Bomber. DESCRIPTION: At Moses Lake, Washington, a parachute is used as brake on a new jet bomber. SHOTLIST: KS Fixing rocket to fuselage of planes. SCU of same....

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  8. PARACHUTE DROPPING AT HENLOW AERODROME

    Date released
    11 Oct 1926
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1623
    NoS ID
    387750
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Henlow Aerodrome-parachute dropping.

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  9. New Parachute Tested

    Date released
    11 May 1942
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    42/38
    NoS ID
    099424
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    New type of parachute tested at Nassau. This model descends slower than most others which enables the jumper to choose his landings spot with a much better chance of arriving all in one piece.

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  10. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    28 Sep 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/79
    NoS ID
    113786
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Eight young members of the Women’s Royal Airforce prepared for the biggest step of their lives ... into space. The girls, parachute packers, had volunteered for an elementary parachute jumping course.

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