SKYDIVING -1975

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) LONG LINE OF SKY-DIVERS JUMPING OUT OF PLANE AT PRECISE INTERVALS. THEY ARE TRYING SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL. TO LINK UP IN SPACE & MAKE A TEN-MAN STAR. 01:00:14 CU FACE SHOT OF SKYDIVER AS HE FLOATS TO, JOINS HANDS WITH OTHERS FORMING CIRCLE IN AIR. 01:00:24 CU HOUSEWIFE PATTY PENDERGAST SPEAKING ON PHONE, HUSBAND JERRY PUTTERING AROUND IN KITCHEN, FACE SHOTS OF SONS BILLY, WAYNE, JIMMY. PATTY AND JERRY ARE AMONG THOUSANDS OF ORDINARY FOLK WHO SEEK THRILL OF PARACHUTING. 01:00:43 PATTY WITH HELMET, COVERALLS, STANDS BY DOOR OF PLANE, DOES SIGN OF CROSS, JUMPS OUT WITH PARACHUTE. JERRY FOLLOWS. AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ALONGSIDE. LS CHUTISTS FLOATING TO GROUND, LANDING. 01:01:23 TEENAGE SONS JIMMY, WAYNE DON HELMETS, COVERALLS, PARACHUTES, PRIOR TO MAKING THEIR FIRST JUMPS. INSTRUCTOR GIVES THEM FOUR HOURS TRAINING ON GROUND. INSTRUCTOR SHOWS BOYS MOVES IN CLASSROOM, SHOWS THEM HOW TO JUMP FROM LOW PLATFORM. 01:01:54 INSTRUCTOR JOINS TWO BOYS AS THEY CLIMB INTO PLANE FOR JUMP. MOM, DAD WAVE THEM OFF, SHE BLOWS KISS. CU SHOTS OF ANXIOUS BOYS IN PLANE. 01:02:24 JIMMY READIES TO JUMP FROM OPEN DOOR, HAND OF PILOT AS HE EASES ON CONTROLS. VIEW FROM SIDE-VIEW MIRROR OF JIMMY, SITTING ON EDGE OF OPEN DOOR, LEGS DANGLING IN AIR. WAYNE JUMPS. OPEN CHUTE AS SEEN FROM GROUND. PROUD MOM AND DAD CHEER. 01:02:53 SIXTEEN YEAR-OLD WAYNE SITS ON EDGE OF DOOR WITH ANXIOUS LOOK ON FACE. HE JUMPS. SHOT OF COLORFUL CHUTE OPENING AS SEEN BY JIMMY LOOKING UP AT HIS OWN CHUTE. 01:02:59 CU FACE SHOT OF INSTRUCTOR KEEPING CONTACT WITH JIMMY WHO HAS SMALL RECEIVER IN HELMET. JIMMY'S VIEW OF GROUND, VOICE OF INSTRUCTOR GIVING INSTRUCTION. THE FOUR JOIN IN ON GROUND.