United States Army Parachute Team Training, Fort Bragg, North Carolina Part 1

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION - RADI0-TV-NEWSFILMBRANCH ROOM 2E791 - EXTENSION 75111 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: (A) FINE GRAIN TO; Release No. 56-61 Footage: 300' (16mm) 30 March 1961 Fox-Movietone CBS U.S. ARMY PARACHUTE TEAM TRAINING # (Official Army footage released by Department of Defense) The United States Aray Parachute Team is undergoing a 60-day training cycle at Fort Bregg, North Carolina, for the purpose of selecting 18 jumpers who will be selected to represent the Army in all jump competions for the next two years. Jumpers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and Fort Bragg, North Caroline, are among those now competing for team positions which will be decided at the end of March. Selection is based on the ability of the jumper to make pin point landings during the accuracy event, make the proper turns and loops during the style event, know his equipment and have high character and morale. Sequences show: (a) U.S. Army Parachute Team boarding U. S. Army aircraft UL-A l'otter" (b) Aircraft taxing, taking-off and in flight. (c) 6,600 feet over Holland Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, team members exit from the "otter". The Jumpers fall free (falling without the parachute open) about 4,000 feet before they open their parachutes and try for a target landing. (d) Six jumpers land on or near the target. (e) Folding and peciding 'chutes. (f) Another team in the turns and loops Bifd DK(TF 6/23/61 typed DK 6/15/0 NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. E10575

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases