Globemasters Used In Paratroopers Drop (1953)

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States of America USA. 1,008 GIs are being squeezed into 9 huge Air Force Globemaster planes to be unloaded in midair. The Air Force wants it to be the biggest drop in the shortest time from the smallest number of planes. LS. American paratroopers entering Globemaster. Ground to air. Globemaster passing overhead. Ground to air. Nine Globemasters flying overhead. Air to Air. Seven Globemasters in flight. Ground to Air. Paratroopers leaving planes. MS. Paratroopers jumping from plane. Ground to Air. Paratroopers descending, planes overhead. LS. Parachutes billowing open, from plane. Ground to Air. Large number of paratroopers descending. (F.G.) FILM ID:2494.2 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, wh