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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).

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.

Date: 1945, April 24
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068953
German soldiers unload motorcycles from Go-242 transport glider after landing (WW2)

A parked Gotha Go-242 transport glider in snow-covered airfield during World War II. Another Go-242 close by taxiing on runway. The rear of the transport glider is raised. German soldiers run out of the glider pulling their hand ammunition trailer and hit the deck in ready firing prone position in the snow. The camera pans to the right where another Go-242 just landed. The rear of the Go-242 opens. Two German soldiers set two planks over the rear as platforms. A motorcycle with sidecar drives away from the glider, followed by soldiers pulling carts. Another Go-242 glider landing on airfield. Go-242 with open rear fuselage and a tracked-motorcycle vehicle comes out and is driven away.

Date: 1941
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080506
Soldiers assemble a Waco CG-4 glider (WW2)

A soldier directs M2 High-Speed Tractors (or M2 Cletracs) on dusty road in Greenham Common, England during World War II. A Cletrac pulls a glider body from a large crate. Soldiers ride a truck. Soldiers assemble a Waco CG-4 glider. A mechanic uses a screwdriver to attach the wing. They attach support under the glider’s wing. A glider is being towed. Numerous gliders lined up on field.

Date: 1944, August 16
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080739
Fred Jones and Bud Jones perform stunts on motor-less pontoon glider aquaplane over Lake Conway in Orlando, Florida.

Pilots perform daring stunts on aquaplanes over Lake Conway in Orlando, Florida. A boat in lake, a motor-less pontoon glider attached to boat taxis on water. Fred Jones on glider splashes water besides a boat. Bud Jones hangs from glider and performs aerobics. Glider comes down and splash into water.

Date: 1932, January 7
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026483
Gilders land and guests get off from the gliders and jump in a swimming pool in Pennsylvania.

Air minded guests take an aerial route to a swimming party in Ambler, Pennsylvania. Gliders in flight. A glider lands. A man gets off from the glider and jumps into a swimming pool at Philadelphia Aviation Country Club. Two men seated near the pool. A man and a woman talk to a guest in the cockpit of the glider. A man dives in the pool.

Date: 1935, July 29
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033891