FRANCE: SPECTACULAR FARACHUTING IN THE ALPINE SNOWS.

Record ID: 649448

  • Title: FRANCE: SPECTACULAR FARACHUTING IN THE ALPINE SNOWS.
  • Date: 30th March 1971
  • Summary: 1. MV PARACHUTISTS APPROACHING HELICOPTER 0.05 2. CU HELICOPTER BLADES 0.06 3. MV PARACHUTIST ENTER HELICOPTER. 0.16 4. CU PILOT ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. 0.19 5. MV HELICOPTER TAKES OFF OVER BUILDINGS. 0.37 6. AIR VIEW BUILDINGS FROM ABOVE. 0.40 7. GROUND TO AIR HELICOPTER IN AIR. 0.43 8. CU PARACHUTISTS SITTING IN HELICOPTER. 0.46 9. AIR VIEW SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS. 0.50 10. MCU SEVEN PARACHUTISTS JUMP FROM HELICOPTER 1.01 11. LV FREE FALLING PARACHUTISTS WITH SMOKE CANISTERS PARACHUTES OPEN. 1.18 12. MV PARACHUTIST WITH SMOKE CANISTER FLOATING DOWN. 1.22 13. LV PARACHUTISTS LANDING IN TARGET AREA (5 SHOTS) 2.08 Initials CO.13.04 GL/BH/CO/13.37 SPORT: PARACHUTING AND SKIING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th April 1971 13:00
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  • Location: LES MENUIRES, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVABUWKOKWY5A55A4UVM5R2R8KP
  • Story Text: THE SKIES ABOVE THE WINTER SPORTS STATION LES MENUIRES, IN THE FRENCH ALPS, BLOSSOMED AT HE WEEKEND AS 33 COMPETITORS WITH MULTICOLORED PARACHUTES TOOK PART IN THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL PARA-SKI CUP. SUNDAY (28 MARCH) WAS THE LAST OF SIX DAYS OF COMPETITIONS.

    THE RELATIVELY NEW SPORT OF PARA-SKI INVOLVES TWO QUITE SEPARATE COMPETITIONS -- PARACHUTING AND SKIING. OUR FILM SHOWS THE MORE SPECTACULAR ELEMENT, WITH PARACHUTISTS FREE-FALLING THROUGH THE CLEAR ALPINE AIR AND LANDING WITH PINPOINT ACCURACY IN THE TARGET AREA, SET AMONG THE MODERN APARTMENT BLOCKS OF THE WINTER SPORTS STATION.

    FIVE COUNTRIES EACH ENTERED TWO TEAMS OF THREE, PLUS ONE TEAM FROM THE FRENCH ARMY. THE SWISS COMPETITOR HONEGGER LED THE INDIVIDUAL CLASSIFICATION. THE AUSTRIAN NO. I TEAM LED THE JUMPING, BUT WERE OVERTAKEN BY THE SWISS NO.2 TEAM WHEN THE SKIING POINTS WERE ADDED IN. THE FRENCH ARMY DID NOT COMPETE FOR THE CUP, BUT IN FACT GAINED HIGHEST TEAM POINTS IN BOTH PARTS OF THE COMPETITION.
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