British-American Paratroop Story, 20Mar44

WWII - Paratroop Training, England ca 20Mar44 CU, officer briefing pilots at table w/ map on wall behind at English air base prior to maneuver. Move into view of relief map / model. 07:08:12 Paratroops carrying duffel packs across field to C-47s; LS boarding plane. 07:08:54 MCU jumpmaster checking paratroopers' equipment. Paratroopers boarding. Planes taxi in line, take off. Many planes in flight overhead. 07:10:59 Aerial views, C-47s in flight, various angles. 07:12:03 MCU, camera moves past paratroopers in C-47 during flight; soldiers light cigarette & smoke. Jump master passing out cigarettes; lighting. Stand up for jump with parachutes attached to static line. 07:13:19 Aerial view w/ smoke from plane; paratroopers jumping from formation of C-47s. 07:14:18 Interior, paratrooper in doorway w/ cigar & jumping from C-47. Row out of plane; another planeload jumping. 07:15:18 CU, paratrooper's face & chute photographed from camera strapped to jumper's chest. 07:15:43 Ground view, massed paratroops drop from large formation of C-47s & descending, landing. 07:17:05 Troops out of door of C-47. Men pull in static lines. 07:17:23 View from alongside C-47 as men jump & drift past. View from outside plane looking at door as men jump. Other views from inside, below. Landings WW2; WWII Army Air Force Training; Airborne Infantry; 1944; Good coverage.