Sky Divers

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2324
Date Released
17 Dec 1973
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sky Divers. DESCRIPTION: Top sky-divers demonstrate free fall manoeuvres at Pakenham, Victoria, in order to raise money to compete in the World Championships. SHOTLIST: SV Australia’s top sky divers getting ready for jump. SV man folding chute up. SV man putting helmet on. SV girl ditto. SV sky divers towards aircraft. SV ditto into aircraft. SV pan plane takes off. SV man looking through binoculars. SV first sky diver out followed by others. SV sky divers view of ground from air. SV sky diver down to earth, he comes towards cameraman for a FCU. SV 2 sky divers together. SV bunch of sky divers together in formation. SV 2 men looking through binoculars. LV zoom into parachutes in air. STV sky diver with parachute open towards ground.
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Fundraising; Stunts
Locations
Australia
Card file number
99577A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sky Divers', British Movietone News Issue No. 2324, 17 Dec 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30171 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)