Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Lakenhurst, NJ - Testing new parachutes

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

254

Date Released

16 Apr 1934

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Scouts of Scotland Welcome the Prince
2. 2New Telescope is Britain’s Biggest
3. 3Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: First snapshot is sailing Australian Test team at Melbourne in quest of elusive "Ashes"
4. 4Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Lakenhurst, NJ - Testing new parachutes
5. 5Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Godstone - Old Crocks hill-climb
6. 6Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Waikiki - A true fish story
7. 7Great Fire in Japan Takes Ghastly Toll
8. 8England v Scotland Soccer International at Wembley

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Section Title

Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Picture Paragraphs Test Parachutes. SHOTLIST: Shots of the parachute falling from balloon. The parachute breaks away from the dummy. Shot of the parachute dropping and the ‘chute falls to earth.

Keywords

Aviation; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

United States of America; New Jersey

Card file number

2875

Length of story (in feet)

39

Story extras:

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