Image depicts Lt. R. W. Sears demonstrating the workings of a new parachute during World War One in Etalons, Doubs, France. The photograph highlights a heavy knife placed on top of a basket near the bag which contains the parachute. Photograph taken on April 5, 1919, by photographer 51509.

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