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United States Army Parachute Team demonstrates sky diving techniques
Portion of film titled: 'The Big Picture' about the U.S. Army Parachute Team. Captain James M. Perry, Commander of the team, explains that, as an Agency of the Continental Army Command, the Team represents the Army in Sports Parachute Competition (AKA Skydiving). He talks about the achievements of U.S. Army parachute team. He states that the team has represented the country in International Sports Parachute competitions. He discusses history of the parachute, showing a model of earliest parachute design attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci, noting it was never tested. At a blackboard, he points out illustration of a parachute used successfully by French balloonist, Andre Jacques Garnerin in 1797. He notes that Benjamin Franklin witnessed that event and was influenced to conceive the idea of its military use. Change of scene shows Captain Perry reviewing the members of the Army Parachute Team on the tarmac in front of a C-123 aircraft, which they then board by way of the rear cargo ramp. View of the team inside the aircraft cabin. At altitude, team members exit via the rear cargo door and sky dive toward earth. They execute maneuvers, including some in formation while in free-fall. Smoke seen from smoke grenades as they descend. The team members open their chutes at just above the 2200 foot altitude, and maneuver their checkered chutes to precise landings.
Various uses of parachutes and Activities of U.S. Army Parachute Team
A U.S. Army Jupiter C missile is launched from Cape Canavaral. View of nose cone being retrieved from sea, after having parachuted during missile testing. Sailors pull the cone into deck of their ship. Writing on wall of U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, identifying it as home of the Airborne. Sign of the United states Army Parachute Team, outside their office at Fort Bragg. A Team member rises on a tethered parachute during experimental testing. Paratroop members of the Army Parachute Team gathered on the tarmac next to a C-123 aircraft, for a briefing. Their Commander, Captain Perry, conducts the briefing. Team members packing their personal chutes. A Team member donning his backpack chute, and attaching a reserve chute in front. Two smoke grenades are attached to his left foot. The skydiver's altimeter and stop watch. A weather balloon being released and tracked by radar.
Sport Parachuting Club at Fort Bragg and the Army Parachute Team during a public demonstration
A sign identifies the "XVIII Airborne Corps Sport Parachuting Club" at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Members of the club are seen standing at an operations counter inside the building. Each of them wears a patch with the club logo. A large open air stadium is seen where the Army Skydiving Team will perform. Paratroop members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team walking to an Army AT-19 aircraft. view of the aircraft in flight and of the pilot at the controls. Army Team members seated in the cabin of the airplane. View of large open area below with markings on the ground. Below, men sit near signal panels used to convey information to the jumpers.The first jumper signals to the copilot who signals back. The jumper goes out and free-falls. On the ground, signal panels call for various maneuvers which the trooper performs. Spectators look upwards to see the maneuvers. View from the plane, as the jumper opens his chute and steers toward a target marked on the field, which he hits perfectly. Another jumper leaves the airplane and repeats the process. View from the jumper of his altimeter. His chute opens and we see the ground target from his viewpoint. He lands.
Views from skydivers as they jump from airplanes and execute maneuvers in free-fall.
Skydiver's view over the landing gear of an airplane from which he is about to jump. View of the airplane as he falls away. His camera shows the ground from his viewpoint as he maneuvers during free-fall and then as he is pulled up by his opening chute. The striped parachute seen open above him. Aerial view of the parachutist descending and his view of a target marked on the ground. View on the ground as he lands. Aerial view downward of a U.S. Army At-19 aircraft in flight. A paratroop member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team leaving the aircraft in free-fall. He waves back up at the plane and continues maneuvers as he falls. Signalmen on the ground use large panels to give him maneuver instructions. A ground observer with binoculars watches as the jumper's chute opens. Views of him descending and landing.
A mixture of scenes showing U.S. airborne operations at various places and times. The Army Parachute Team skydiving.
USAF C-123 transport aircraft lined up on airfield ramp. U.S. airborne troopers lined up and boarding several USAF C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. A jeep driving into a U.S. Army H-37 Mojave helicopter. Truck with supplies driving into rear of a C-130 transport. C-130 taking off. Formation of C-130 aircraft carrying airborne troops. Cabin of a C-47 transport aircraft with top (green)jump light illuminated. U.S. paratroopers jumping from the C-47 employing static lines attached to fixed cable in the aircraft. Parachutes seen behind the aircraft. view from ground of paratroopers jumping from formations of C-47 aircraft. U.S. paratroopers jumping from C-130 aircraft. C-130, tail number 56-0842, seen in flight, with a skid of supplies being pulled from its tail cargo door by a parachute. Side view of jeep dropping out of plane pulled by parachute. Numerous views of paratroopers descending with parachutes open. Troopers on the ground carrying bazookas and rifles. A U.S. Army AT-19 in flight, with members of the Army Parachute Team jumping from it to research tactical aerial maneuvers.
Montage of scenes showing U.S. Army Parachute Team engaged in free-fall maneuvers (skydiving) at various times and places
A mix of scenes involving the U.S. Army Parachute Team as members execute maneuvers in the air to research various techniques for aerial maneuvers applicable to airborne military operations. Team members executing maneuvers as they skydive on various occasions. Individuals photographed in a variety of different maneuvers. Three jumpers in formation. Several viewed skydiving with smoke grenades making trails as they free-fall in a public demonstration. Team member's chutes are seen opening as they approach the 2200 foot altitude during a skydiving exhibition. View from a jumper's camera as he descends by parachute toward a target marked on the ground. View from the ground of Army skydiver about to land. Sequence of Army Parachute Team members landing successively on a ground target.
