Tough Guys of the Skies

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
41/89
Date Released
6 Nov 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Martyrs of France & Free French National Committee
  2. 2Boy King of Iraq
  3. 3Axis Agents Leave Iran
  4. 4Remembrance Day Poppies
  5. 5Tough Guys of the Skies

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
Paratroop exercise - showing the men being briefed and waiting on tarmac before emplaning. Two of the men are asked why they wanted to be parachutists. (SOF). They go aboard planes and take off. Their objective is reached and they bale out, they are shown landing and slow motion shots of the right way to land. They get rid of their harnesses on landing and then prepare to attack would-be enemy strongholds.
Keywords
Aviation; Military
Length of story (in feet)
508
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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