Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
GLIDING WINGS [GLIDERS] Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Soldiers getting into C-47 planes on field - planes flying overhead - view of CG-4A glider being towed - pilot and gunner - glider landing - soldiers marching - soldiers landing from troop carrier near beach - soldiers unloading C-47 cargo planes - gliders and bombers in the air. CG-4A glider landing - pre-war civilian glider circling in the air - group of boys near homemade one-man glider, one gets in, tests flaps, close-up of foot controls, line hookup, line tied to car, pulls glider into air, close-up of pilot while flying - glider in air - young boys push small early biplane glider to top of small shed, boy climbs in, jumps off roof, crashes - older boy sitting in foot-launch biplane glider with unique controls, races down steep hill, glider rises into air - training glider on frame above moving truck - glider with sail moving along beach, takes off - glider on pontoons pulled by boat, flying over another boat, boy on boat catches and climbs onto glider - man on bicycle with wings attached, pedals off, man lights rocket, bicycle skids, tips over, rocket explodes, boys run up, dump water on burning pants of rider - view of models of many different early glider designs - men around Wright Flyer, motors are started, plane takes off - views of different civilian gliders taking off, landing - glider loops - boys in a glider - view of gliders in air - Army CG-4A glider landing - soldiers climbing into gliders - view of interior of glider - jeep loaded into Army glider, towed by transport C-47. Aerial views of towed glider . CG-4A glider lands, soldiers pour out, jeep and gun pulled from glider - truck pulls glider away - two gliders being towed. [1944]
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