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German cargo gliders resupply troops in defensive positions on beach (WW2)

German cargo glider in flight. Trees in view. The glider lands on beach and taxis. German troops rush towards it. Another cargo glider lands and taxis. The cargo glider is unloaded. German troops with the supplies, including German NSU Kettenkrad HK 101 Tracked Motorcycles during World War II.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675041934
Loading of 37 mm antitank guns and jeeps into gliders

United States soldiers carry 37 mm antitank guns and load it into a glider. Several soldiers enter the glider while loading. A soldier drives a jeep and loads it into a glider. Other soldiers stand near the glider. Aerial view of the ground. C-47 transport aircraft and towing cable in view. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, August 30
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041943
Early primary glider launched from hilltop in the United States

Film leads with slate reading: "How the Wrights learned to fly--the motorless, man-carrying glider." A group of people stand on a hilltop, watching as two men launch a primary glider with a downhill running start. The glider consists of tubular frame tapering to nearly a point at the empennage. It is equipped with wheels, and the pilot sits upright with legs extended straight ahead.. The glider has a single high wing. It rises quickly and flies above ground for a good distance, appearing to approach the ground as it moves downhill.

Date: 1922
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044881
Paratroopers board a C-47 Skytrain aircraft and Waco C-G4 gliders to invade Sicily, Italy during World War II.

Allied Invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Soldiers jump from a platform during training exercises. Group of paratroopers gathered at an airfield. Aircraft parked in the background. Paratroopers walk in a single file. Soldiers enter United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Waco CG-4 military glider. Soldiers seated aboard CG-4 military glider. Paratroopers board United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft. C-47 aircraft takes off from an airfield. C-47s fly in formation. C-47 aircraft takes off as it tows a CG-4 military gliders. Pilots at control of CG-4 military glider. Aircraft fly in formation.

Date: 1943, July
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072534
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