News Briefs: Big Paradrop

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1291

Date Released

1 Mar 1954

Date submitted

18 Feb 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Personalities: Canadian PM’s Tour
2. 2Personalities: Sultan of Morocco
3. 3Personalities: General Chung
4. 4Personalities: General Neguib
5. 5Continental Contrast
6. 6News Briefs: Kenya Parliament
7. 7News Briefs: Big Paradrop
8. 8News Briefs: Florida Fashions
9. 9News Briefs: School Days
10. 10The Royal Tour - Canberra Finale

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 10

Section Title

News Briefs

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Big Paradrop. DESCRIPTION: At Fort Bragg, North Carolina, America’s 82nd Airborne Division have been parachuting from Flying Boxcars, in a recent exercise. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Troops enter aircraft. Aircraft take off into camera. Flying Box cars name of aircraft. Mass parachute jumping excellent shots of descents. Good shots of soldiers hitting the ground and turning over. These are the American 82nd Air Borne Division.

Keywords

Aviation; Military

Locations

United States of America; Fort Bragg

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

60583

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

36

Story extras:

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