Paratroops in the Middle East
Series
- Series Name
- Pathe Gazette
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Summary
- At a training camp in Egypt, paratroops firstly learn how to jump from a lorry travelling at 25 miles an hour which simulates landing shock and parachute drag. General Sir Claude Auchinleck has a word with some of the troops before they take off for actual jumps from plane. The cameraman accompanies the men on this drop.
- Keywords
- Education and training; Mass media; Military
- Length of story (in feet)
- 181
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