PARACHUTE DROP [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PARACHUTE DROP [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 490/1/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Men of the 4th Parachute Brigade in a practice drop at Kairouan.
  • Description: Parachute troops jumping from Douglas C47s. Parachutists floating to the ground singly and in groups.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 490/1/1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-07-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Fletcher, A P (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Kairouan, Tunisia (geography) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 90 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 490/1/1

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