Stepping Into Space (1925)

Item title reads - “Stepping into space.“ Pathe Gazette presents the most nerve tingling pictures yet obtained in the air. M/S of a man sat on the top of an aeroplane, two people stand on the wings at either side and wave. The aeroplane taxis across the field. M/S as it takes off. M/S of two aeroplanes in the air. Two men release their parachutes and jump off, one is filmed from the aeroplane itself. Intertitle - ’How would you feel? (Slow motion shows just how intrepid airmen are snatched into “3000 feet of emptiness!“)’ Slow motion M/S as they are pulled off the aeroplane when their parachutes start to open. M/S of one parachute, the man attached to it is hanging upside down, he manoeuvres himself the right way up again. Intertitle - ’Pathe Gazette - by its unique camera, presents “stop“ pictures for the first time in any news film.’ Slow motion M/S of a parachute starting to unravel, the camera stops on this shot. It continues until the man is just about to be pulled off the wing t