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Excerpt from film citing advances in technology enhancing U.S. armed forces

U.S. Army soldier technician, wearing headset, monitors a battery of instruments and recordin devices. A soldier operates a television camera with "Signal Corps Television" written on its side, as it records field operation of a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) and an M47 (Patton II) medium tank. View of images being transmitted and received at headquarters. View of a military aircraft releasing an air-to air missile. It tracks and strikes a drone target aircraft that explodes and falls in flames.

Date: 1956
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061660
Member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team demonstrates free-fall (sky diving)

A U.S. Army AT-19 aircraft seen in flight, as viewed from another airplane. Scene shifts to cabin of the AT-19, where a soldier in helmet and parachute leans out of the doorway. He steps from the aircraft and begins a long free-fall, photographed from several different viewpoints. Narrator states such free-fall activity is routine for members of the U.S. Army Parachute team. The parachutist opens his chute and maneuvers skillfully. View, from camera on the parachutist, shows rapid approach of the ground.

Date: 1962
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061681
U.S. Army airborne infantry training in 1941, before U.S. entry into World War II.

U.S. Soldiers undergoing airborne training prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Soldiers seen on an obstacle course; training on a parachute tower; and jumping from C-47 aircraft. Several views of airborne troops jumping, descending in parachutes, and landing.

Date: 1941
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061684
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.

Date: 1962
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061688
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.

Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061689
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.

Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061690