The Long-Lost Parachuting Paratrooper Beaver Footage From 1950

[aviatoreb]

Could there be anything more typical 1950's tech than a documentary from the 1950s about dropping Beavers by parachute, and that 1950s style documentary deep voice?

I wish they had more footage of how they trained the paratrooper Beavers.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/22/450958213/watch-long-lost-parachuting-beaver-footage-from-1950

Yes - its April Fools Day, but no this isn't a joke even though it is very very funny.  It is REAL!

[aviatoreb]

[Tony Starke]

It looks like the guy stroking the beaver is missing a finger. Possibly a beaver injury. Remember to always

keep your fingers clear of beavers.

[aviatoreb]

1 hour ago, Tony Starke said:

It looks like the guy stroking the beaver is missing a finger. Possibly a beaver injury. Remember to always

keep your fingers clear of beavers.

Always good advice but - I bet that is from a previous project. Parachuting alligators.

[Hank]

6 hours ago, aviatoreb said:

Always good advice but - I bet that is from a previous project. Parachuting alligators.

In IDAHO????    

I just thought they could have used a better hand model, his had seen better decades . . . .

[thinwing]

18 hours ago, Tony Starke said:

It looks like the guy stroking the beaver is missing a finger. Possibly a beaver injury. Remember to always

keep your fingers clear of beavers.

i love stroking beavers

[aviatoreb]

12 minutes ago, thinwing said:

i love stroking beavers

Ummmm...Im not going to touch that one.