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U.S. Waco CG-4 assault gliders being assembled at RAF Station Greenham Common , England during World War II.

U.S. gliders being assembled at RAF Greenham Common, England, in preparation for the D-Day invasion during World War II. Truck trailers arrive at the airfield. Packing crates placed on field. Workmen assemble U.S. Waco CG-4 assault gliders. Man directs arriving vehicles. Light tractor pulls crate loaded with glider part. Truck loaded with men arrives. Men work under the wing of a glider.

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060409
Paratroopers board planes and gliders in England on eve of Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Recap of events leading up to invasion of Normandy (D-Day) during World War II in England. Command departure point shows C-47 tow planes and gliders being readied on a runway at an airfield in England. Tow plane and glider pilots being briefed by an officer. U.S. Brigadier General James Gavin speaks to his paratroopers. Soldiers attend religious services. Supreme Commander of Allied Forces General Dwight Eisenhower talks with men of 6th Pathfinder Units, 101st Airborne Division, who will jump the night before D-day. Paratroopers march out of hangars. Paratroopers attach parapacks beneath a plane. Wings of plane painted with invasion stripes. Heavy equipment being loaded aboard a glider. Paratroopers put on their gear. Jumpmaster makes the final inspection. Paratroopers board planes. Gliders and planes take off. From edited film produced in 1947.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060456
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.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1943, July
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072534
Glider aircraft performs aerial stunts in Unterwössen, Germany

Pilots training in a glider school in Unterwössen, Bavaria, Germany. A glider takes off from an airfield in Unterwössen, with the Bavarian Alps on the background. Glider flies past trees. A cross on a crag near the German- Austrian border. Glider performs various stunts in flight, including a loop-de-loop.

Location: Germany
Date: 1965, May 25
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078834
United States Waco CG-4A gliders landing (WW2)

A United States Waco CG-4A glider lands at an airfield in Holland during World War II. A pair of gliders land at the same time. Smoke rises from the ground. A glider approaches and lands from a distance. A glider lands, tilts up on its nose and falls back.

Location: Holland Netherlands
Date: 1944, August 16
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080743
Several gliders landing (WW2)

A Waco CG-4A glider landing northeast of Zaan district, North Holland, Netherlands during World War II. A glider lands in the airfield, tilts up on its nose and falls back. More gliders landing. Soldiers opening the nose of a glider “Tessie” to unload.

Location: Holland Netherlands
Date: 1944, August 16
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080746
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