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5 days after D-Day, gliders and more American forces arriving in Normandy region and 9th Division troops advancing to front

Allied gliders in flight in France during World War II 5 days after D-Day. Gliders land, and thereafter are concealed among trees. U.S. Army 9th Division soldiers march forward toward the battle front in France.

Date: 1944, June 10
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038183
Planes tow gliders and American soldiers move across grassy fields in Aparri, Philippines

Transporters tow two gliders over a field in Aparri, Philippines. Gliders land, American soldiers carrying equipment move across grassy fields. They assemble near the fields. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, June 23
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038683
A monoplane glider tries to land at the starting point at the Wasserkuppe hill in Germany.

Glider aircraft in flight at a contest at the Wasserkuppe hill in Germany. Pilot Botsch of the Aviation Group of Darmstad Academy tries to land at the starting point. His monoplane glider circles left and approaches the starting point for landing. An early model convertible car tows two monoplanes.

Date: 1922
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042532
United States Army air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft fly in formation and pull gliders in Germany.

United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain in flight over mountainous terrain in Germany during World War II. The aircraft fly in formation. A C-47 Skytrain pulls two gliders. A number of gliders and C-47s in flight.

Date: 1945, March
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063551
A photographer photographs a rock climbers,para glider and a skier in the United states

Sports photography in the United States. A rock climber with a camera hangs by a rope on a mountain. Rock climbers climb a mountain peak using a rope. A cameraman speaks about rock climbing. Men lower themselves on a mountain with the help of a rope. A cameraman takes out camera from a bag. He places the camera on a tripod. Cameraman shoots the rock climbers. A para glider or powered hang glider in air. Man speaks about the dangers involved in filming extreme sports. A man climbs an ice wall using ice axes and crampons. An extreme skier is seen skiing on a very steep slope in an avalanche prone area. The skier loses his balance, falls, loses his skis, and continues to slide and tumble down the mountain for a great distance, out of control.

Date: 1984, November
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068150
Air mail operations in 1928. Orville Wright helps three small boys launch their balsa wood gliders.

Air Mail Service in the United States. Mail trucks at the center of an airfield. Aircraft, including De Havilland DH-4; Boeing Model 40; Curtiss JN-4 Jenny; Travel Air 5000 ; and Ford Ford 5-AT-B trimotor, parked in a circle around the mail trucks. Mail being transferred from a truck into empty front cockpit of a two-place biplane. The side of a truck reads 'Air Mail Service'. A Travel Air 5000 transport (CAA registry C2614, NAT'S No. 16) on the field. Side of the aircraft reads 'Nat U.S. Mail Express'. The aircraft taxis on the field. The aircraft takes off. Early model air mail aircraft in flight over a large city. Orville Wright seated and wearing a tuxedo. Orville Wright posing indoors, and then standing in front of a residence, with three young boys who hold balsa wood model gliders. The boys launch their wood gliders by means of rubber bands, with some help from Wright.

Date: 1928
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068547