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Parachute riggers trained to maintain parachute under instructor's guidance in United States.

Airplane in air. Riggers with their parachutes. They jump from the plane and open their parachute. Riggers land on ground. A rigger removes his parachute after landing. Riggers sitting in maintenance shed. An instructor guides them to operate sewing machine through a model. A light duty sewing machine is used to patch canopy of parachute. A part of parachute canopy patched is displayed. Parker, a rigger operates a heavy duty sewing machine to repair harness of the parachute. Suspension lines are sown on a zigzag sewing machine. Hook is attached on a parachute on a hook and eye attachment sewing machine. The rib-cord is reinforced on a bar tacking machine. Holes are darned in the parachute canopy on a darning machine. Riggers darn holes with hands. They also replace hooks and harness assemblies. Parker works in the maintenance shed on a table. He checks canopy and notes on a pad. He also checks the suspension lines and harness assembly.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1967
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023961
Parachute riggers learn air-drop procedures under instructor's guidance in United States.

Riggers sit in front of instructor. A G-11 parachute is handled by riggers. A fan blows the 100 feet canopy of G-11. Three riggers pack the G-11 parachute. They install it in the deployment bag. The instructor watches them. They work on suspension lines of the G-11. Two riggers work on air-drop containers. Riggers pack a 550 pounds capacity A-78 container. Riggers learn wing loading and door loading procedures. Cargo loaded on wing of a plane. Riggers load cargo through door of the plane. Riggers look out in the sky. A plane drops loads with and without parachute. Loads land on ground. Parker, a rigger drops a load from plane.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1967
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023962
Parachute riggers learn to prepare and pack cargo for air-drop under Instructor's guidance in United States.

Riggers on a jeep. Chains and pack parts of jeep. A modular platform is prepared. Honey-comb material, which withstands jerk, is kept on the platform. The jeep is kept on it and strapped to the platform. The platform slides over a track. Riggers tie a G-11 parachute to the jeep. The cargo assembly is ready.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1967
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023963
Parachute riggers check assembly line and load cargo for air-drop under instructor's guidance in United States.

A jeep assembly with G-11 parachute. Riggers check the cargo assembly. Riggers in groups practice cargo assembling. A rigger tightens screw of the modular platform. Riggers arrange honey comb material on the platform. A jeep is kept on the honey combs. It is strapped to the platform. A qualified rigger inspects the assembly. The cargo is transported to the air field. A load master along with a rigger inspects the cargo assembly. The cargo is loaded and secured in the plane. Riggers are examined. Plane takes off. The load is dropped and its parachute opens. Riggers also drop from the plane. Parachutes are seen in the sky. Riggers land on ground. Instructor allows Parker, a rigger to try his cap. Animation of rigger's pledge.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1967
Duration: 6 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023964
Preparing landing-zones during war in United States.

Rigger landing on ground. Firing in a forest area. Smoke and dust arise after a bomb blast. Officials shake hands with Detachment Commander in a meeting. The Detachment Commander shows them a map marked with landing-zones (LZ). Men level a LZ. Thick vegetation exists on one side of the LZ. Men remove shrubs and weeds from the LZ. A man carries another man as a piggy-bag, on the runway to check sub-soil firmness.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1969
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023965
Animation of specificity of landing-zones in United States.

Animation showing runway specifications for landing. Specifications for landing of light and medium aircrafts during day and night are displayed. Runway length and breadth and safety area are marked in steps for various aircrafts in the animation. 25 feet strip along length of the runway is marked in the animation. A landing-zone cleared in a forest area is animated. It has 1-2 nautical miles turning zones. Mountain on one side of the runway is animated. Light and medium aircrafts along the slope of the mountain are shown in animation. Climb and glide ratios are marked for them. Safe distances of the obstruction from the runway and the permissible height of the obstruction are animated.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1969
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023966
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