Parachute Drop - . (1938)

Item title reads - United States. Short drop parachute jump in USA (America). L/S of a lady holding the new parachute, M/S as she folds the material. M/S as the inventor jumps off a 90 foot grain elevator ’Omar Flour’. The parachute opens very quickly and he lands on a ledge below. C/U of lady looking upwards. M/S as he jumps again. M/S of him on top of a 250 foot crag, people watch as he jumps off and lands safely. 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 British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be vi