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C-47 aircraft snag tow lines and pull U.S. Army Air Corps gliders off the ground into the air, in the United States

A C-47aircraft in flight in the United States. The C-47with a dangling cable and a hook trailing behind it flies low over a field. It snags a cable supported between standards. The cable is attached to an Army glider, sitting on the field, which the C-47 proceeds to pull off the ground and into the air. The C-47 continues in flight, towing the U.S. Army Air Corps glider.The action is repeated again by another aircraft and glider.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066090
Captain Frank Hawks in flight in a glider during the National Air Races in Chicago, Illinois.

The National Air Races at Curtis-Reynolds Airport in Chicago, Illinois. A glider in flight. U.S. aviator Captain Frank Hawks in flight in a glider. The glider in flight at low altitude. The U.S. flag in a field. People crowd. Other aircraft parked at the field. A tower in the background.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1930
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069173
Aftermath of World War II. A wrecked bridge and abandoned United States Army gliders in France.

Reminders of World War 2, in France, 1945. A high bridge of about eight masonry arches with two bombed out, in mountainous region of France. Camera pans right, showing a number of substantial homes scattered across the valley, with tall mountains behind. Scene shifts to a different, flatter landscape, where about a dozen U.S. Waco CG-4A gliders are seen abandoned in a field, in various states of disrepair. Writing in chalk on the side of one glider reads, "Whispering Yoddles, Fort Worth Texas, Little One Alice". There are no D-day stripes on these gliders, indicating they were probably used subsequent to the Normandy invasion, in other operations such as "Bluebird & Dove" in the South of France, in August, 1944.

Location: France
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070332
Launching of Wright Brothers' glider and aircraft in different places in Europe.

The history of aviation. A glider being launched from a hillside in Germany. The glider is parked. Several men stand nearby. The glider in flight overhead. The first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina on December 17, 1903. A still photograph of Wright Brothers' aircraft in flight. The pilot in a prone position while piloting the aircraft. Launching of Wright Brothers' aircraft in France on August 8, 1908. A launching tower, weight dropping and the take off of the aircraft are shown. Spectators in stands watch the air show. Headlines of a New York newspaper proclaim Wright's flight in France.

Location: Europe
Date: 1908
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070413
Glider rockets designed by German rocket pioneer, Reinhold Tilling

Workshop of German rocket pioneer, Reinhold Tilling, in Ahrenshorst or at Osnabruck, Germany. Various models of his postal rockets (recoverable rocket for mail delivery) are seen in the shop. A sketch and stringed models show how the wings fold about the rocket for launching and unfold for gliding descent after the rocket has finished firing. Next, a number of similar-looking rockets or gliders are seen on the ground in a field. Their wings appear to fixed open. The closest one appears to have a radio antenna attached at its wing root. Several young men are occupied with one of the gliders on the ground. Another holds a kite. What is possibly a rocket launching tube sits on a tripod in the background. Closeup of one of the gliders on the ground. Change of scene shows a cylindrical solid fuel rocket on a tripod launcher. The rocket nose is shown without the lower portion. Next, the rocket is seen set up on a beach next to a body of water, where is is ignited and launches at a low angle, in a cloud of white smoke.

Location: Germany
Date: 1930
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072677
U.S. gliders coast overhead in search of landing spots on a field in Holland.

U.S. aircraft in flight over Holland during World War II. A glider in flight over a field. The glider descends. Some soldiers standing nearby. Several gliders coast overhead in search of landing spots. Paratroopers walking on the field. (During Operation Market Garden.)

Location: Holland Netherlands
Date: 1944, September 23
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076973
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