- Title: WEST GERMANY - WORLD PARACHUTING CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN AFTER DELAY BY BAD WEATHER.
- Date: 3rd August 1964
- Summary: 1. GV OF THE SPANISH TEAM MARCHING IN FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY 0.05 2. GV POLISH TEAM 0.11 3. GV SWISS TEAM 0.15 4. SV HUNGARIAN TEAM 0.18 5. SV ITALIAN TEAM 0.22 6. GV INDONESIAN TEAM 0.27 7. GV AMERICAN TEAM 0.32 8. SCU RUSSIAN TEAM 0.37 9. SCU JAPANESE TEAM 0.41 10. GV SMALL GIRLS GIVING FLOWERS TO PARACHUTISTS 0.46 11. SV & CU LAST YEAR CHAMPION JIM ARENDER (USA) WITH ARM IN SLING 0.54 12. SCU AUSTRALIAN GIRLS PUTS HELMET ON 1.01 13. GV PARACHUTISTS INTO AIRCRAFT 1.07 14. GV WIND SOCKET 1.11 15. GV'S PARACHUTIST JUMPS FROM PLANE, LANDS (3 SHOTS) 1.26 16. GV PAN DITTO 1.42 Initials JM/V/MGT/EEH SPORT: PARACHUTING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 18th August 1964 13:00
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- Location: WEST GERMANY-LEUTKIRCH
- Country: Germany
- Reuters ID: LVA48B7Y53DT4VQ3FLZA5ZA3AHF5
- Story Text: THE SEVENTH WORLD PARACHUTING CHAMPIONSHIPS OPENED TODAY (MONDAY), AT LEUTKIRCH IN WEST GERMANY - ABOUT 100 MILES (160 KMS) FROM MUNICH. DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, MORE THAN 170 PARACHUTISTS FROM 30 COUNTRIES, WILL BE COMPETING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP - IN WHICH THERE ARE SECTIONS FOR MEN AND WOMEN.
THE CONTEST IS BEING HELD ON THE PRIVATE AIRFIELD OF PRINCE GEORGE ZU WALDBURG-ZEIL, PRESIDENT OF THE WEST GERMAN AERO CLUB. THE OPENING WAS POSTPONED FOR ONE DAY DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.
AMONG THE 30 NATIONS TAKING PART ARE HUNGARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, THE SOVIET UNION, JAPAN, INDONESIA, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA.
SINCE THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE STAGED IN 1951, THE SPORT HAS CROWN IN POPULARITY IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. THE INCREASE IN INTEREST HAS ALSO BROUGHT WITH IT A MOVE TO ADOPT A STANDARD SET OF RULES AND ESTABLISH REGULATIONS WHICH PROMOTE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE SAFETY.
SYNOPSIS:
JIM ARENDER FROM THE UNITED STATES, CHAMPION FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, IS UNABLE TO JUMP BECAUSE OF A BROKEN ARM. HE'S A MEMBER OF THE JUDGING PANEL...THE SPORT OF PARACHUTING IS RAPIDLY GROWING IN POPULARITY-BOTH AMONG MEN AND WOMEN - IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD...
INCREASING POPULARITY HAS BROUGHT WITH IT A MOVE TO STANDARDISE RULES AND ESTABLISH REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE SAFETY...THE CONTEST, WHICH IS TAKING PLACE ON THE PRIVATE... AIRFIELD OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE WEST GERMANY AERO CLUB WILL LAST FOR TWO WEEKS....
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