French Army Paratroops Instructional School (1959)

Pau, near Pyrenees mountains. Documentation on file. Various shots of trainee parachutists, unwrapping and wrapping again parachutes which they use for jumps. Various shots of parachutists climbing jumping tower, jumping from towers, learning to use their arms, hands and feet and operate their parachute, and how to fall. CU. Wheel of plane moving. Various shots of parachutists jumping from aircraft. (Dupe Neg.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed o