Air News - Operation Pancake (1953)

Southport, England. SV. & SCU. British Army Territorial Paratroopers boarding aircraft at Woodvale Airfield. SV. Troopers seated in aircraft. LV. Jeep being loaded onto aircraft from wagon. CU. Covered load. SV. Load being pushed into aircraft. SV. Officers looking on. SV. Another load being pushed onto aircraft. SV. Officers and radio operator on dropping zone. SCU. Radio operator. LV. Men baling out, pan down to ’chutes. LV. Parachutists floating to earth. GV. Troops landing. LV. Men baling out. LV. Jeep falling from aircraft. (2 shots). CU. Two types looking up. LV. Jeep landing on sands with a protective platform. LV. & GV. Men descending. (.) (Title scene “M“) 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 inclu