Alberta - Paradrop Tragedy (1955)

Alberta, Canada. SV. Paratroopers of Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry getting into plane. Ground to air, planes flying over. CU. Interior of plane, equipment going out. Air to air, equipment being dropped. CU. Interior of plane, paratroopers start to jump out. Ground to air, three planes flying over, all streaming paratroopers. At top of frame, Private Donald Mason’s parachute streams in the air - it does not open. He plummets down. Camera follows death drop. GV. Planes continuing to fly over. (F.G.) (Orig “P“) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont Britis