Commandos of the Air - First Pictures (Superimpose)
Series
- Series Name
- British Paramount News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- With commentary by Mr Leslie Irvin, world-famous parachute authority, these vivid pictures give a complete record of how Britain’s newest service is trained. Included are: Strenuous ground training Parachute-jumping from balloon. First jumps from planes. Mass jump from low-flying planes.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Military; Newsreels
- Locations
- England; Hertfordshire; Letchworth
- Library number
- 10734
- Length of story (in feet)
- 779
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Production Documents
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Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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- Web
- http://reuters.screenocean.com/
- Phone
- +44(0)1954 262052
- Address
- 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX - Notes
- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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How to cite this record
'Commandos of the Air - First Pictures (Superimpose)', British Paramount News Issue No. 1064, 12 May 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/37789 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)