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DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 3 mins 8 secs
Subject: COUNTRYSIDE / LANDSCAPES ENTERTAINMENT / LEISURE TRANSPORT
Summary This film is part of the Cameron collection and records a parachute jump taken by a famous one armed man who had performed many such jumps across the country.
Description
This film is part of the Cameron collection and records a parachute jump taken by a famous one armed man who had performed many such jumps across the country.
Title-One armed parachutist
Mr "Wing" Wyndham, a one armed Englishman, member of Hollywood Death Squad, who has made 716 parachute jumps makes his 717th practising at Broxbourne for his forthcoming attempt to break the delayed drop record.
The film begins with the man standing and talking to the camera; he is wearing a jump...
This film is part of the Cameron collection and records a parachute jump taken by a famous one armed man who had performed many such jumps across the country.
Title-One armed parachutist
Mr "Wing" Wyndham, a one armed Englishman, member of Hollywood Death Squad, who has made 716 parachute jumps makes his 717th practising at Broxbourne for his forthcoming attempt to break the delayed drop record.
The film begins with the man standing and talking to the camera; he is wearing a jump suit, a hat and goggles. He walks over to a G-AAAD plane and climbs aboard. The scene cuts to the plane in the air while the shots are taken from a plane flying beside it.
"Wing" stands on the wing of the plane for a few moments before he jumps; there are shots taken from a plane looking down onto the parachute as it goes in a circle and eventually hits the ground. A man and woman run over to him and start pulling at the parachute. This is followed by shots of the plane coming into land and then a shot of the pilot in the cockpit waving at the camera.
The last few shots are taken from high up looking down onto the large estates and mansions spread out around the countryside.