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A Fokker sailplane is transported and then takes off at the Wasserkuppe hill in Germany.

Gliders in flight at a contest at the Wasserkuppe hill in Germany. Several men carry a monoplane. Men enter the cockpit of the monoplane. A large number of spectators in the background. A monoplane crashes while attempting to take off. A Fokker sailplane being transported atop an early model car. Another car tows another Fokker sailplane. Fokker sailplane being unloaded from the early model car and being held aloft by men. The Fokker sailplane in flight. A pilot in the cockpit of the plane.

Date: 1922
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042536
Fokker sailplane aircraft towed to Wasserkuppe Hill (Water tower hill) in central Germany and then flown from the hill.

Gliders in flight at a contest at the Wasserkuppe hill in Germany, near Gersfeld and Poppenhausen. A Fokker sailplane being transported atop a car. Another car tows another sailplane. The sailplane being unloaded from the car. Several men hold it aloft. The sailplane in flight. A Fokker sailplane being transported atop an early model car. A motion picture cameraman holds an early model, hand cranked motion picture camera and pans.

Date: 1922
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042537
High altitude view of the B-24 aircraft dropping parachutes and para packs, Europe.

B-24 aircraft in formation drop supplies, Europe. Soldiers unload aerial mines and other supplies from trucks. The mines and other supplies loaded into the bomb bay of aircraft. The B-24 takes off. C-47 tows gliders. Aerial formation of B-24's flying low over farmlands release para packs. Cargo parachutes descend on ground. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045549
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and officers watch test flights of German aircraft at Rechlin airfield in Germany.

Adolf Hitler and German officers attend inspect and review test flights of new Luftwaffe aircraft in Rechlin, Germany. Hitler and Commander of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering, and other officers exit a railroad train at station. Officers at the platform greet Hitler and give a Nazi salute. They all move towards cars. The cars are driven off. Hitler waves at the crowd and greets a young girl who gives him flowers. At the airfield, Hitler and Goering view various aircraft with their entourage at Rechlin Airport. Goering points out a separate cockpit and engine displayed beside a bomber aircraft. A crew member assembling parts of an aircraft. Hitler watches the test flights of German aircraft. DFS 230 glider being towed on the ground for takeoff and then taking flight. Pilot and crew member crank start a fighter aircraft. Wide view of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 shortly after takeoff and gaining altitude. Next, a Blohm & Voss BV 141 tactical reconnaissance aircraft (BV 141A with complete tail) starts engine, taxis and takes off. Three Heinkel He 111 bomber aircraft are seen taking off. The last He 111 appears to employ rocket-assisted takeoff (RATO). The entourage of officers crosses the airfield by open automobile and then exits the cars to view more aircraft. Views of early model Dornier Do 217 aircraft in flight overhead. A Junkers Ju 88 aircraft flies by low and then climbs steeply. Brief view of a low flying attack aircraft that appears to be a Henschel Hs 129 (or possibly a Focke Wulf Fw 187) flying just above the airfield. Next is seen a twin boom aircraft, presumably a Focke-Wulf Fw 189, but with a shorter central crew gondola than later variants. The next scene shows good views of the Blohm & Voss BV 141 low in flight and then performing a rapid ascent and descent. It is followed by a low flying Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon).

Date: 1938
Duration: 7 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675046408
Allied paratroopers land on D-Day to invade Normandy during World War II.

Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States C-47 aircraft in flight at early dawn. Interior of aircraft paratroopers prepare to jump and attach lines to overhead cables. Men bail out of aircraft. Paratroopers land jump from nearly 40 C-47 planes. Paratroopers load into aircrafts at dusk. Aircrafts in flight, CG 4A gliders descend.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048610
Airfield occupied by Allies and scenes of destruction in Southern France during World War II.

Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Aerial views of Allied occupiied aerodrome with numerous gliders and United States C-47 tow plane aircraft parked in the field. they are marked with white D-day invasion stripes Tents set up at the field. Wrecked German airplanes and bomb craters. Wrecked aerodrome. Low level aerial views of bombed roads, railroads and bridges.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049825