Riders In Gliders - Dublin 1943

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Full title reads: "RIDERS IN GLIDERS".

United States of America (USA).

Several shots of the lines of gliders and men working on them - possibly in the factory. Various shots of glider pilots boarding their craft. With a tow from powered plane, the gliders go into the air and the pilots...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37987
Sort Number:
43/029
Time in/Out:
01:11:23:00 / 01:12:16:00
Canister:
43/29
Film ID:
1081.06
Issue Date:
12/04/1943

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