AUSLANDISCHE FALLSCHIRMJAGER UND LUFTLANDETRUPPEN; AUSBILDUNG, AUSRUSTUNG UND EINSATZE SOWJETRUSSISCHER, JAPANISCHER, AMERIKANISCHER UND ENGLISCHER EINHEITEN Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

MILITARY FILM REPORT: On training of Russian and Japanese paratroopers. R.1: German instructors teach Russian paratroopers to pack paratroopers containers and attach them to planes. Paratroopers board planes with equipment. They paratroop equipment, and jump. Narrator explains that Japanese were first to use paratroopers on a large scale, and that Japanese and American parachutes are similar. Japanese paratroopers board planes for their February 1942 raid on Palembang, Sumatra. R.2: Japanese paratroopers jump, land, and gather equipment.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division