Introduction to Operational Parachute Training

Film in which trainee paratroopers are followed through their RAF parachuting course at RAF Brize Norton. Training progresses from ground phases to jumps from tethered balloons and Hercules transport aircraft.

A Hercules transport aircraft takes off, crew are seen in the cockpit and paratroopers jump from the rear of the aircraft. The narrator comments on the use of parachuting by the British Army and the need for training as paratroopers are seen training at No. 1 Parachute Training School, RAF Brize Norton. The trainees are followed through ground training, jumps from tethered balloons and increasingly complex jumps from Hercules aircraft.