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docjohn

16mm movie circa 1978

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I found a 1 minute 16mm skydiving movie on eBay, just uploaded it to you tube

http://youtu.be/sBytVNkowcM

Apparently it was made for the VA. Looks like late 1970's based on the hockey helmets, R2's, belly band pilot chute, and Strato Star.

Anybody recognize any of these guys?

(the movie has music but it was so cheesy that I edited it out)
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docjohn

Ok, here's the cheesy music version. (I warned you)



Wow! B|B|:D:D
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Wow!! :o That was ridiculously cheesy. Even for the 1970's government.

Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off.
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Tink1717

Wow!! :o That was ridiculously cheesy. Even for the 1970's government.



As a taxpayer and a vet I want my money back >:(

I was thinking satire B| but it was really cheesy aka crap.:S

Nice period film except for the audio.:D
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The dropzone is Elsinore, California and the guy on the right side of the frame about three seconds in l;ooks a lot like GrubbMartin.
The starred canopy is a Strato-flyer, aka Stratohammer, so that dates in the mid-70s.

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This film was done at the Pelican Skydivers DZ in Ridgley Maryland.

Everyone in the film was either on or jumped with the Ten Man Speed Star Team “It’s About Time”.

I was on the team until moving to Arizona in July 1976.

B|

I Jumped with the guys who invented Skydiving.

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