Skydivers, 1969

Extracts from a short promotional film on the making of the 1969 movie "The Gypsy Moths." The movie's freefall sequences were an inspiration for South Australian jumpers of the era, with stunning freefall footage from cameraman Carl Boenish, who worked with a giant helmet-mounted film camera.

Classic Carl Boenish films are available on a complete 2 DVD set, with all his copyrighted material digitally remastered and color corrected by the original producer, Photo-Chuting Enterprises, 12619 Manor Dr, Hawthorne, California 90250; phone: (310) 676-1935.

50 years of South Australian skydiving at http://www.skydivinghistory.blogspot.com

50 years of South Australian skydiving history at http://skydivinghistory.blogspot.com

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[punisher17011990]

man that was true skydiving.

a lot of fun and experiments.

today i have te feeling that skydiving is leaded my none jumping office faq´s.

bs

[td12308]

Those were the days, mate.

No tandems. Just jumpers !

[741741]

Why they have 2 pilot chutes??? pls answer.

[td12308]

Twin pilot chutes were intended to reduce the chances of a pilot chute hesitation.

[JOSSMOSKE]

Wow this is awesome...I saw the movie maybe a 100 times while I was 12years old...It set me off to become a skydiver myself and now after 35 years of jumping ans some 3300 jumps later I'm still trembling when I see those magnificant images...

[td12308]

The entire movie is available on DVD through several sources on eBay and is well worth the investment.

[Ayerstairs]

Ahhh... brings back great memories. Bill Booth was my first instructor in 1969. Man, our gear was primitive as hell by todays standards! Fun as hell though.

[Opium323]

I was 11 yrs old and an extra at Benton,Ks for this movie

[nateiq]

i met Garth today... :)

[eliasgerris]

@BASEfederation Do you, by any chance, know where I could get a hold of those DVD's? Thanks in advance.

[mcresq65]

I love the meticulous pack job they did on the red/white round. However.... how many times has a load been about ready to go up, and you simply trash-packed your square just to make it? I always behaved stowing my lines, but no matter how I packed, my square always opened. Matter of fact, my ONLY reserve ride was due to a complete sleeve lock on my very first jump!!! (Epic military gear fail!!!)

[BASEfederation]

Classic Carl Boenish films are available on a complete 2

DVD set, with all his copyrighted material digitally

remastered and color corrected by the original producer,

Photo-Chuting Enterprises, Hawthorne, California, USA.

Here is your chance to suggest insert information,

packaging, order method, and value of receiving Carls

wonderful films directly from their true source.

[VeloNutMc52]

Great memories.  Lots of jumps with Bob Sinclair here and Taft. Sure miss those days.

[Konabish]

I jumped #1 Aug 18 1974 at Elsinore. See the full comment.

[Konabish]

SAME AIRCRAFT: August/1974, my first parachute jump from the white/red aircraft (1:54-2:12, 2:30-2:46), a 1940 Howard Model DGA-15P #N22418 You made first jump-static line-SOLO (the instructor remained in the aircraft); I was saying "What in the hell are you doing??", then stepped-off badly, wind pushed me, I got slammed in the head by the static line! After that, all "dreamtime". Landing so smooth, for a split second I was standing.... then remembered, tucked and rolled! An awesome memory!

[dyslexicjim]

The beer was cold, the equipment was old. It all happened fast, man, I wish it would last. No AAD's, just my cord and me, man, we were free.

Now, the USPA and all the rules, you'd had thought we were fools. But lookn back at what we made, the kid's today, I think we saved.