Pre-WWII USA Marine Paratroops Training, 1940

Pre-WWII USA Marine Paratroops Training, 1940 Marine paratroops in front of C-47 / DC-3 w/ officer inspecting parachutes. 07:51:04 Boarding C-47 w/ U.S. Marine Corps on side; others watch it taxi away past small mounds of snow on tarmac. Taking off. 07:51:51 Three parachutes & men descending, pan to others landing near buses. 07:52:08 DC-3 taking off towards & past camera. 07:52:26 CU ground - not useful. 07:52:35 Paratroops looking into sun from ground, plane circling & paratroops out w/ parachutes opening. Biplane above. Men on ground watching landing men. 07:53:21 DC-3 & military biplane overhead 07:53:58 MS parachutist descending & landing. 07:54:20 Paratrooper out of plane & parachute open, men descend, land. 07:54:50 DC-3 taking off. Parachutists descending, landing. 07:55:22 DC-3, three men out & parachutes opening; descending & landing as men / officers? watch. 07:56:01 Short clips: take off, boarding plane, open parachute canopy, landings. 07:56:22 High angle, men inspected in front of plane; MCU shots. 07;56:54 Parachutes landing; out of plane; 07:57:20 Inspection on ground before jump. Pre-WW2;