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A monoplane glider and a Bavarian Club biplane aircraft take off from the Wasserkuppe hill in Germany.

Gliders in flight at a contest at the Wasserkuppe hill in Germany. A Dresden biplane takes off and in flight. The biplane lands. Parked monoplane gliders. A monoplane glider, with its wings shaped like a bird, takes off. Pilot Koller seated in under wing. Rudders of a biplane operate. Five men carry a Bavarian Club biplane. Men pull it by a rope as it takes off. A monoplane glider in flight. A monoplane rests upon an early model car to be used as a catapult for take off. A monoplane glider in flight.

Date: 1922
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042527
Various Aircraft tow gliders during World War II.

Preparations for Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. During Glider development programs, gliders come in for landing towards stake to which white flag is tied. B-25 takes off as it tows a CG-4A glider. P-38, PBY-5A, B-17 and C-54 aircraft take off as they tow gliders. C-54 takes off as it tows three gliders (a "triple tow") and aircraft in flight.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048601
Equipment loaded in planes and gliders for Allied invasion during World War II.

Preparations for allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States Air Borne Aviation Engineers load equipment in a C-47 aircraft. An engineer backs a tractor in a glider. Men and equipment moved across a field and loaded into CG-4A glider. Men raise rear section of equipment up for loading into a ramp. Nose section of a glider raise for loading vehicles into front end. Men and equipment in preparation for fast loading. Jeep backed into front end of loading ramp of a glider. A trailer, small canon and a carriage loaded into a glider. A pilot walks into the plane and takes over controls.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048602
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.

Date: 1937, June 25
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058994
A United States glider being towed and paratroopers land during a maneuver in the United States.

Air assault tactics being displayed during a maneuver in the United States. A glider in flight. It crashes as it lands. The wrecked glider after the crash. The glider being towed by an airplane. Military equipment. A jeep and soldiers get into a glider. The glider in flight. It lands on a rough terrain. Paratroopers drop and descend. The paratroopers land on a field. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059152
A glider in flight overhead after being hauled by a cable railway in Germany.

A cable railway hauls gliders in Germany. A cable car moves on a cable railway. Men seated in the car. Other men standing near a glider. A man sits in the cockpit of the glider. The glider is hauled by the cable railway. The glider in flight overhead.

Date: 1936, August 10
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675062696