Title:CHARITY PARACHUTE JUMP BY LANCE CORPORAL DARREN RICHARDSON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFB 234
Other titles:NORTHERN IRELAND ARMY INFORMATION SERVICES COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Unedited scenes of Lance Corporal Darren Richardson of 25th Engineer Regiment Royal Logistic Corps undertaking a charity parachute jump in aid of Children with Cancer and RAF Headley Court Hospital.
Description: (Tape 1) Lance Corporal Richardson, who has a partial disability due to a brain tumour (now in remission), discusses his health, his faith (Divine Healing at Hillsborough Church) and his prospective parachute jump. He is kitted up in his jumpsuit and given instructions at the Services Parachute Centre by his instructor. Darren gets into a Cessna light aircraft which takes off. (24 mins)
(Tape 2) Lance Corporal Richardson and his instructor parascend together from their aircraft and come to land on the grass by the airfield. Darren is interviewed about his experience of the jump. Also interviewed is his parachute instructor, John Penty (?). (8 mins)
(Tape 3) Lance Corporal Richardson attends a physiotherapy session after making his parachute jump. (6 mins)
(Tape 4) General views of Hillsborough Presbyterian Church (where Lance Corporal Richardson worships and has attended Divine Healing). (2 mins)
(Tape 5) Lance Corporal Richardson is seen at work in the kitchens of 25th Engineer Regiment and is interviewed; also interviewed is Sergeant Dale Hannom (?), Admin Catering Sergeant, Darren's commanding officer. Shots of the kitchens in the Catering Department. (19 mins)
Alternative Title:NORTHERN IRELAND ARMY INFORMATION SERVICES COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
