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Scenes involving U.S. World War II CG-4A gliders

U.S. Army Glider operations in World War 2. Men set up two poles 20 feet apart on a field, for a so-called "Snatch" operation. (This involves a flying pickup, by an airborne tow plane, snatching the towline of a glider that is still on the ground. It is intended for glider retrieval. The actual operation is not shown in this sequence.) A C-47 aircraft takes off towards the camera, towing two CG-4A gliders. Close view from nearby airplane, of a glider being towed (its tow line visible).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066101
U.S. gliders parked on a field and buildings in the background in Brussels, Belgium.

Gliders parked on a field in Brussels, Belgium during world War II. A glider with an insignia of the United States on the field. Buildings in the background. A soldier enters a glider and other exits. A view of the gliders across the field. The wings of the gliders with the insignia of the United States.

Location: Brussels Belgium
Date: 1945, April 24
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068953
Hitler Youth have fun with a flying boat glider at a camp during World War II.

Hitler Youth in Germany during World War 2. Boys are seen with boats on a lake. They pay out a line fastened to a glider designed to look like a German Lufthansa flying boat. A boy tows the glider out to the center of the lake using a rowboat. Person in the glider cockpit closes its hatch. On shore, the tow line is seen being rolled up rapidly on a wheel driven by a motor, causing the towed flying boat glider to gather speed across the lake, until it breaks from the water and soars into the air. The glider seen in flight, and then making a graceful landing on the lake.

Location: Germany
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021927
Contestants fly in gliders towed by car in an Air Show at Tokyo International Airport

A glider takes off. Woman contestant sits in the glider. Man and a woman contestants sit in a two seat glider. A glider becomes airborne as it is towed by a car. Spectators observe glider meet.

Location: Tokyo Japan
Date: 1953, September 20
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025537
Rocket glider pilot drops from hot air balloon in Aurora, Illinois

Rocket glider pilot drops from hot air balloon in Aurora, Illinois. Pilot William G. Swan with a rocket propelled glider and balloon in a field. People gather to watch the flight. The balloon ascends, carrying the pilot and his glider aloft. At a considerable height, the pilot lights rockets on the glider, releases from the balloon, and glides back to earth. The remnants of the balloon narrowly miss the glider as it lands. Pilot Bill Swan is interviewed after successful flight.

Location: Aurora Illinois USA
Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027481
Eight National Soaring Contest as gliders take off with the help of a mechanical launching device in Elmira, New York.

Eight National Soaring Contest in Elmira, New York. More than fifty aircraft take part in the contest. People seated to watch gliders take off. The gliders on a field. A mechanical launching device being demonstrated as a glider takes off. A roller with strings rotates as the glider takes off. The glider in flight and lands.

Location: Elmira New York USA
Date: 1937, June 25
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058994
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