Australia’s First Parachute (1941)

Item title reads - Australia’s first parachute. Location of events unknown. M/S as Flight Lieutenant James Lacey walks forward and salutes, an officer shakes hands with him and hands him the first Australian made parachute. It is a gift in recognition of his bravery in shooting down the Heinkel bomber which attacked Buckingham palace. He stands with his colleagues and examines the silk scarf autographed by the girls in the Sydney parachute factory. Someone helps him with his flying hat and scarf. C/U of him smiling. He chats to colleagues as he stands on the wing of his aeroplane. 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 includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire N