Aviation: US serviceman freefalls 500 ft (1925)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit U.S. Airman free-falls 500ft: Sgt Roff, USA Air Service, risks his life to disprove that? Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Miraculous Air Thrill . Sgt Roff (US Air Force) having parachute fitted: Roff saying goodbye to wife and friends: Roff climbs up into bi-plane: plane takes off: SLATE AIR VIEW / AERIAL Sgt Roff falling from plane: Low Angle shot of Roff dropping by parachute and landing: SLATE SLOW MOTION AIR VIEWs of Roff falling from plane and parachute opening SLATE Low Angle shot of Roff and parachute landing Background: U.S. Airman free-falls 500ft: Sgt Roff, USA Air Service, risks his life to disprove that a man cannot fall 500ft without losing consciousness. FILM ID: VLVA9OFH9H8LONP6UJ3VTBUUHDEQX To license this film, visit
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