Parachute Championship

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2360A
Date Released
29 Aug 1974
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Parachute Championship
  2. 2Holiday Time
  3. 3News in Colour: Building the Beaches

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parachute Championship. DESCRIPTION: At Szolnck in Hungary 300 parachutists compete in the 12th World Parachute Championships. SHOTLIST: GV competitors entering helicopter. CU target. LV target from air. SV man jumping from helicopter, his parachute opens, SV ditto. SV man jumping from copter. SV man coming into land at 45’ freeze frame. MS man landing at 48’ freeze frame. MS landing at 54’ lands (freeze frame). SV judge. MS man landing at 60’ (freeze), 62’ (unfreeze), the chute covers the camera, it falls past camera. LV bi-plane with men jumping out. SV men joined end to end in air. SCU woman in plane (with glasses). SV she jumps from plane (interior). SV man jumps from plane (interior). MS man working camera with telescopic lens. SCV television screen showing parachutist. SV ditto somersaulting in air. LV man coming into land, lands. STORY ENDS...
Keywords
Mass media; Aviation; Competitions; Newsreels
Locations
Hungary; Szolnck
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
74/135
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
167
Story extras:
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