13166_10488_parachuting1
1940s
Open on shots of artillery firing and men crawling before a dissolve to a map with parachutes printed on it over towns in Belgium and the Netherlands. MS of a soldier coming out of a hole, preparing a gun. Back to the map, there is a zoom in on the towns of Arnhem and Nijmegen. Cut to a LS of several planes in the air, then INT of the plane, MS of parachuters lined up. Shot outside a top window of more planes going by. MSs of paratroopers in the plane. A parachuter signals the pilot, and they begin to jump out. Fantastic POV shot from one of the parachuters floating down, with many parachutes in BG. LS of planes flying with parachutes below them. LS of parachutes landing, one soldier walks in front of the camera. LS of a plane crashing into the ground.