RAF 2nd Parachute Brigade exercise Longstop at Netheravon (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Military personnel observe the exercise of loading planes and parachute jumps on Salisbury Plain Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Mass Airborne Landings On Salisbury Plain ENGLAND: Wiltshire: Netheravon: Salisbury Plain: EXT EXERCISE “LONGSTOP“ Great exercise centred around Netheravon Aerodrome in Wiltshire by troops of 2nd Parachute Brigade. Loading a Dakota - troops jumping out of plane, parachutes falling, Lord Tedder and service chiefs watching, Jeeps being made ready to move off, Helicopter hovering overhead with Commanders surveying the scene of the battle. Dakota without stopping takes a Hadrian glider intow HELICOPTER Hovering above airfield during “Exercise Longstop“ MILITARY BRITISH “Operation Longstop“ great exercise on Salisbury Plain by troops of 2nd Parachute Brigade. Loading a Dakota - troops jumpin