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Equipment loaded in planes and gliders for Allied D-Day invasion during World War II.

Preparations for allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States C-47 plane taxis along and lands. Ground crewmen run over and attach towing device to tail section of C-47 aircraft. Towing device attached to nose section of the aircraft. Interior of the plane tows the glider and interior of the glider towed. C-47s towing gliders in formation. C-47 planes fly at an extremely low altitude. Pilot and co-pilot of C-47. Tow release device of a glider. Pilot releases the tow machine. Gliders descend and land in small open field. One of the gliders hits a tree while landing and its wing tip knocked off. Men unload equipment from a glider. Paratroopers unload guns, equipment and ammunition from a glider. Canons, equipment and ammunition loaded into jeeps, trailers. Men advance across area after leaving gliders.

Location: European theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048603
German DFS-230 and Gotha-240 gliders in flight and land in Sicily, Italy during World War II.

German gliders in Sicily, Italy during World War II. Landing gears on a German glider are released when it leaves the ground. A DF S-230 glider takes off. Mountains in the background. A Gotha-242 glider in flight. The DFS-230 glider comes in for a landing. The glider lands and a German flight crew gets off the glider. German soldiers push motorcycles through sand. The Gotha-242 glider makes a landing . German troops open the glider to unload supplies.

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675066914
United States troops create a Shanty town made of glider crates in the United Kingdom (WW2)

Bomber towing a glider over an air base in the United Kingdom during World War II. Aerial view of a glider assembly field. Glider crates in assembly field. A soldier stands on the balcony of a “shanty” house made from glider crates. Sign reads “Shanty Town”. Soldiers open a glider crate. Men remove the glider carefully from the crate. Two men take a metal bed frame to the crate. A man stands by the door of a shanty house. “Vine and Hollywood” is written beside the door. Soldiers relaxing inside Shanty houses. Soldier sitting on bunk bed polishes his shoes while another writes letters. A soldier with headset listens to his homemade crystal set radio and reads a magazine. Specially constructed blinds of glider crate tiny house open. Troops lined outside a glider crate barber shop. A sign detailing the rates for a haircut. A barber shop made from scrap. A barber cuts the hair of a soldier inside makeshift barber shop.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079914
Fleet of motor-less gliders in flight at Elmira in New York, United States.

Fleet of motor-less glider aircraft in flight at Elmira in New York. Frank Hawks starts the show. The glider pilots gathered around a glider on ground. Glider catapults from a mountain to begin its flight. Formation of five gliders soaring in flight. Various gliders catapult. Gliders land on ground. Jack O'Meara with his Baker McMillen Cadet II.

Location: Elmira New York USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 6 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022477
Glider flight in an Air show at Tokyo International Airport in Japan

Glider towed off for take off in an Air Show at Tokyo International Airport. View of glider in free flight as it climbs. Glider lands on the runway. Japanese glider takes off. Japanese glider in a free flight. Glider is placed in position for take off. Group of spectators rush as the glider lands.

Location: Tokyo Japan
Date: 1953, September 20
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025533
A glider being towed by a PT-13 aircraft at University of Illinois airport in Urbana, Illinois.

International exchange of CAP ( Civil Air Patrol ) cadets in Urbana, Illinois. A PT-13 aircraft being pushed manually for use as a tow plane for glider (SGU 1-19). A man attaches the glider to the tow plane as cadets look on. The PT-13 tows the glider to the take off strip. The glider takes off as the aircraft tows it. A Fairchild aircraft in flight. A glider aircraft comes in for landing and makes a touch down. A pilot in the cockpit of the glider aircraft after it lands. A man pushes the glider and it is towed for take off. A weather vane at the airport and flight control at the strip.

Location: Urbana Illinois USA
Date: 1953, August 5
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042550
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