A short compilation of scenes from 16mm motion pictures archived in the Sarasota County Historical Recources. These were movies shot and edited long ago by Mike Swain, Director of Cinematography for Hack Swain Productions, Inc. located in Sarasota, Florida.
A commercial promotional video shot in freefall and edited by Mike Swain for Suncoast Skydiving who provided Tandem Skydiving for paying customers. The skydives were made at Wachula Airport and Sarasota beaches from 10,000 feet from Cessnas or 18,000 feet from larger aircraft.
1:ORDERS
A Santa skydive made into the home of Tony Swain, Mike's brother.
The little girl is the daughter of Elizabeth Brumby, Mike's niece.
- Christmas 2003 -
The Wings of Yesterday - A short film made in the 1970s by Mike Swain for Dave Allyn, owner of Dolphin Aviation, Sarasota, Florida. It documented the history of a biplane, the N3N-3, one of Dave Allyn's many antique aircraft.
A short promotional video produced for Lucia Gabriela the creator of Liberating Inner Beauty Revolution at www.beyondhealthybeyondbeautiful.com an empowerment movement to break free from abuse, fear, guilt and/or self imprisonment leading to transformation, evolution and attracting true love into our life.
A skydive from a C-130 aircraft by a group of Sarasota skydivers at the World Freefall Convention at Rantoul, Illinois August 4, 2003. I shot this with my newly invented GoggleCam. Jumpers included Sammy Little, Steve Stratmann, John Taylor, Billy, Mark Anderson, Bob, and Lynette.
2:SHIPPING
A documentary about Bill Cole's historic jump without a parachute shot in Ohio in 1972. At that time, only two other people in the world had ever attempted such a dangerous feat. The film shows the practice jumps leading up to the "chuteless" jump itself. This was truely a unique life & death adventure.
A compilation of videos of my good friend, Dan Dickson, who died of cancer just before New Years Eve 2014. Unlike many of us, Dan was not a natural skydiver and had some difficult training jumps. This video documents his courage and perseverance in learning a dangerous sport.
3:GIFT SHIPPING
4:RETURNS