PARACHUTE REGIMENT AT HANKLEY COMMON AND OPENING OF PEGASUS VILLAGE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PARACHUTE REGIMENT AT HANKLEY COMMON AND OPENING OF PEGASUS VILLAGE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3965
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  • Summary: Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment make practice drops from a tethered balloon at Hankley Common near Aldershot. General Sir Richard Gale (Colonel-Commandant of the Parachute Regiment) digs the first turf at a ceremony to mark the constrcution of Pegsus Village (caravan village for army servicemen and their families - opened in October 1959).
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: MGH 3965
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3965)
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  • Production Date: 1959
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Footage: 92 ft; Running Time: 3 mins
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