New Bird Man Takes Over From Brother (1961)

Quimper, Britanny, France. MS. Parachutist Gerard Masselin climbing into his “Bird Man“ outfit at Pluguffen Airfield. MS. Pan. 3 light aircraft in flight. CU. Crowds looking up. Air to air as “Bird Man“ climbs onto wing of light plane and jumps. Ground to air shot as he falls and then opens parachute pan down with him till he lands. CU. As he fights to release parachute in heavy wind. Air to air shot as “Bird Man“ jumps from plane. F.G. Last shot in Neg. 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 e