Parachute demonstrations at Henlow (1926)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Preparing and using parachutes at Henlow Airfield Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Airman’s Lifebuoy ENGLAND: Bedfordshire: Henlow: Henlow Airfield: INT/EXT ENGLAND, BEDFORD, HENLOW, AERODROME. TITLE (11ft) MV (interior) two men carefully folding parachute on long table (19ft) SCU man carefully tying up knots in ropes folded into parachute (24ft) LV aeroplane in the air and several parachutes PAN slowly falling down on to ground (38ft) TITLE: Demonstration by volunteers prove the efficiency of the device. (44ft) MV man helping parachutist to fit equipment on his back (49ft) MLV man standing on aeroplane wing, holding end of wing, parachute opens, man jumps down (55ft) GV AERIAL parachute down towards ground (62ft) AIR TO AIR MLV man jumping from biplane and down towards ground, parachute opening air views, a