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1940 FRANCE / DEFENCE: French factories turn out parachutes for Air Force
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0:57Now PlayingDate: 25th March 1940
Location: PARIS, FRANCE
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Sister Susie's Sewing Chutes, Too, Nowadays
FRANCE: Paris:
INT
Long view fabric..girls walk towards.
CU fabric.
CU electric cutter...cutting 100 thicknesses at once.
Gen. view pan girls working in sewing room.
Semi view 3 parachutes hanging from ceiling pan down to girls attaching cords.
CU top of parachute showing hole.
Angle shot thru' chute.
Semi view man & girl folding parachute.
CU arranging cords.
CU putting knob in parachute.
CU pan down man buckling on parachute.
Semi CU man turns round..track towards.
Long view parachute lands ... IN ROLL 4017
Women; Industries, Trades and Crafts; Airforce - Active; France; World War 2 (World War Two, World War II, Second World War)
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