News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2178

Date Released

1 Mar 1971

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Medical Demonstration
• 2. Postal Deliveries
• 3. Shrovetide Football
• 4. Cyclo Ball
• 5. Falcons Free Fall

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Falcons Free Fall. DESCRIPTION: First known as skydiving, but now more accurately named free fall. The RAF’s regular free-fall parachute team has been in existence since 1961 - for the last six years they’ve been a big attraction as The Falcons. Jumping at 12,000ft., they perform complicated tracking movements before pulling the ripcord at 2,000ft. Filmed by a camera attached to a Falcon’s crash helmet, these scenes look like an aerial ballet. In fact, the men - and the camera - are plummeting earthwards at over 130 mph. SHOTLIST: SV crash helmets on ground zoom out as Falcons pick up protective clothing & packs. CU man zips up overall. SV men strap on parachute packs. CU pan from one to other ditto. CU man puts on helmet. CU Falcons insignia on arm pan up to face. CU other Falcon looks down. CU altitude meter. Tracking shot along line of Falcons as adjust each other’s packs. SV pan Falcons towards & into aircraft (Hercules). CU Falcons enter aircraft. SV propellers of aircraft zoom out to GV plane. LV aircraft taxies. CU member of team pan to others. GV pan aircraft takes off. CU Falcon in aircraft. CU Falcon marking map. BV pilot at controls pan to view from window. CU flare lit to mark landing area. SV Falcons prepare to jump. CU door opens. SV Falcons ready to jump. CU Falcon pan to another. Ground to air aircraft in flight. SV Falcons jump. Ground to air aircraft with Falcons making smoke trail. SV remainder jump from aircraft. Ground to air Falcons descend leaving smoke trail. Air to air SV ditto (2 shots). Ground to air Falcons descending with parachutes open. Ground to air one man with parachute open. GV as they land. SV interior aircraft Falcons somersaults out of plane. Ground to air as they fall & smoke trail. Air to air CU Falcon in free fall. Air to air LV Falcons attempt linking operation during free fall.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Displays; Aviation; Stunts; Safety devices; Military

Locations

United Kingdom; Abingdon

Card file number

96840

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

264

Story extras:

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