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Blue Peter: The Long Fall

on BBC One London

Perhaps the most spectacular thing than John Noakes has ever done has been his five-mile free-fall parachute drop with the RAF's Flying Falcons. This is the story of the preparation, the training and the actual descent that made John the first civilian in Europe to achieve this particular feat.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Noakes
Director:
Harry Cowdy

BBC One London

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