Caption on reverse [translation]: "'Parachute that did not open' trial. November 21, 1937. When a test to establish the minimum dive world record was conducted with a Nonaka-style parachute, Seizo Higo (18 at the time) died because the parachute did not open. This incident has become known as 'the parachute that did not open,' and the …

Caption on reverse [translation]: "At last, innocence in case where parachute did not open. Shoji Nonaka, inventor and creator, who lives at 617 Kashiwara city, Osaka, is not guilty in our first aviation incident of "the parachute that did not open. The photo shows attorney Watanabe, attorney Mori, Mr. Nonaka, and Air Colonel Murakami, from left."