Vintage gliders - British Pathé

Vintage Gliders

: Gliders; Planes pulling gliders and taking off on unknown airfield.

: Gliding Fever In London AKA Glider "Fever" (1922); Enthusiasts launch their model gliders and aeroplanes in a large park in London.

: Gliding For 6 1/2 Days (1930); Captain Hawks returns home after flying across America in a glider towed by aeroplane. USA, U.S.A.

: Gliding In Australia - Richmond (1965); Glider being towed into the air and in flight.

: Gliding In Yorkshire News In A Nutshell; Meeting of British Gliding Association at Sutton Bank Aerodrome.

: Gliding Into Summer (1938); Gliding over the Austrian Alps.

: Gliding Over Vesuvius (1933); Kronfeld's glider drifts towards the crater of Mount Vesuvius.

: Home-Made Hydro-Gliders (1935); A man rides a home-made hydro-glider around Durban harbour.

: Horsa Glider Lands On Water (1940); Gliders used to transport the American troops.

: Long Distance Gliding Record (1932); Man launches glider of the top of a mountain to win a long distance flight record.

: Gliding Demonstration In California (1939); Footage of numerous gliders flying over the Californian countryside in the United States of America.

: Gliding Contest - Dunstable; Gliders take part in a contest at Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

: Gliders; Gliders taking off from unknown airfield.

: Gliders Ahoy! Dublin Issue (1942); Gliders fly in formation above Paris Island, South Carolina.

: Gliding (1949); Weekend rally of gliders at Great Hucklow, Derbyshire.

: Gliding (1952); Footage of pilot being trained to fly gliders in Detling, Kent.

: Gliding (1949); Shots of glider taking off. Great Hucklow, Derbyshire.

: Gliding (1949); Weekend rally of gliders at Great Hucklow, Derbyshire.

: Gliding Beware - Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1956); Film about gliding. Great shots of "green and pleasant land" - not for those with fear of heights!

: Gliding Beware - Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1960); The Lasham Gliding Society take off, glide and loop the loop in Hampshire.

: Gliding At Dunstable; London gliding club members entertaining guests from Germany on Dunstable downs.

: Mademoiselle Choisnet Beats Women's Glider Record (1949); Miss Choisnet breaks women's glider record. Alpilles airfield, France.

: Motorless Flying Machine (1922); Testing gliders from hilltops in France.

: New Gliding Training Base Inaugurated At Juist (1956); Newsreel cameraman flies in a two-seater training plane over island coast.

: The Super Glider! (1930); A glider is seen - various shots of the plane and its creator.

: Towed Gliding From Race Track (1931); A daredevil pilot flies a glider above the track at Brooklands - he clips a wing on landing.

: Training The Young Idea (1929); Italian teenagers learn how to fly a glider.

: Vintage Air Show (1967); First World War planes are part of display at air show put on by London Gliding Club.

: Wind Machines (1941); Large wind machines which lift gliders off the ground help trainee pilots.

: Wings For Pauline Reel 1 (1949); Nicely made documentary about a woman learning to fly a glider.

: Wings For Pauline Reel 1 Continued And Reel 2 (1949); Nicely made documentary about a woman learning to fly a glider.

: With 68 Consecutive Loops (1933); Glider pilots show off their skills in looping the loop and target landing.

: Wonders Will Never Cease ... Especially In Aviation! (1933); Footage of aviator Jimmy Mattern and off a new innovation in flight - towing 3 gliders at once.

: The Sporting World - International Gliding Championship (1954); The world gliding championship is held in Great Hucklow, Derbyshire.

: The Hydro-Glider (1931); The first Hydro-glider in Europe is demonstrated.

: Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 302 - Gliding (1960); Out takes (rushes, cuts) for stories featured in CP 302.

: Pilots Make Solo Flights In Training - Planes (1960); Footage of pilots in training.

: Private Flying Again (1946); Air taxi service between Cardiff and Bristol, gliders club in Derbyshire - first flying since war.

: Queer Craft! (1931); Aero-glider called "Hornet" and a "sea-car" are demonstrated.

: Sailplanes (1930); Glider flying competition held in the hills of California.

: Scrapbook For 1922 - Reel 1 Of 2 (1922); Great film outlining the events of 1922.

: Selected Originals - Cadet's Gliding Record (1953); Material relating to newsreel story "Cadet's Gliding Record" - 53/57.

: The Alps - Glided! (1933); A glider pilot flies his plane across the snow covered alpine mountains.

: The Aviette (1923); A glider called the Aviette reaches speeds of 40 miles per hour in first trial.

: Aerial Garden Party (1937); Royal Aeronautical Society annual garden party.

: Glider School (1947); Pupils in training at a glider school.

: Sailplaning For Everyone Soon! (1930); Herr Kronfield shows off his skills in his glider - he uses a large catapult device to take off.

: Young Glider Pilots (1950); Young pilots in gliders in USSR.

: 1st British Gliding Competition AKA First British Gliding Competition (1922); Footage of British gliding competition, Ilford, Greater London

: Air Rally At Lympne AKA Flying Display At Lympne (1948); Flying display in Kent, England. Famous persons in attendance.

: Air Towing (1933); Young woman shows her skill in piloting a small glider plane.

: Airborne (1946); Gliding school for air rangers.

: Airs And Graces (1936); A look at 'Pegasus' the lightweight glider which can be easily assembled in minutes.

: Alps Test Gliders (1961); Nice item about gliders flying over the Alps. Germany.

: Army Gliders Meet Dublin Issue (1941); Army Air Chief, General Arnold, watches U.S. army gliders in flight.

: Asiago - Italy Gliding Lner; Gliding enthusiasts meet at Asiago in Italy.

: The Sky Is Ours (1955); Documentary about RAF cadets at Cranwell College.

: Discoplan Glider - Moscow (1957); New type of glider with disc-shaped wings is demonstrated in Soviet Union.

: A School For Gliders! (1934); Gliders are set off from an Austrian mountainside.

: A.T.C. Gliders AKA Atc Gliders Issue Title Is Hi-De-Hi (1943); ATC cadets learn how to pilot glider aeroplanes.

: Frenchman Wins £1000 Prize (1922); £1,000 gliding prize won by Frenchman Alex Maneyrolle, Ilford, Greater London.

: New Type Sailplane On Test (1964); A new design of glider is shown off in the skies above Hampshire.

: Astra Gazette 13; RAF newsreel issue - various RAF related and home news stories.

: "... And It's A Rage In America Too" (1931); A glider in America takes off and soon comes crashing back to earth.

: "Gliding In Formation" (1932); American gliders fly high overhead in formation.

: Air Training Corps Gliding School (1956); ATC cadets learn how to fly gliders at Hawkinge, Kent.

: Air Display - Gliders In Germany (1930); Gliders launched from German hillside - possibly Hitler Youth event.

: Back To The Old Love! (1933); Aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-White takes a flight in small plane.

: British Gliders And Planes Landing; Footage of Airspeed Horsa gliders landing and taking-off

: Cadet's Gliding Record (1953); 18 Year old Jack Whiteley and his instructor set a new altitude record during the National gliding Championships held in Derbyshire.

: German Aviation Gliders (1910); Footage of German gliders being tested.

: Girl Glides The Channel; Record glider Joan Meakin talks about her achievement after the flight.

: Glide First Jets Later (1960); The RAF trains young apprentices to glide before teaching them to fly planes.

: Glider And Aircraft; Footage of aircraft and gliders in-flight.

: Glider Crash (1955); Albert Falderbaum's glider crashes during Dusseldorf Air Show.

: Glider In Flight (1969); Footage of a glider in flight.

: Glider Meet In California (1938); Good shots of gliders taking off and views of the ground below.

: Glider Pilots (1942); Pilots learn to fly in gliders before progressing to aeroplanes. South Africa.

: Glider Pilots In Switzerland (1950); American glider pilots receive instruction from Swiss during training in Switzerland.

: French Pilots Learn Gliding In The Mountains (1948); Take off, gliding and landing in the mountains

: Followers Of Icarus (1935); Motor powered gliders are used at the Icarus Flying School in Hungary due to lack of hills to launch them off.

: Captain Merriam's Escape (1910); Compilation of early aircraft footage - mostly gliders.

: Caught By The Camera No. 45 (1935); A 'human fly' man climbs up the outside of a building and men pull a glider to the top of the Jungfrau mountain so the pilot can take off.

: Caught By The Camera No. 9 (1934); Footage of a new type of tennis racket and an aeroplane towing gliders.

: Cineviews In Brief No. 62 (1937); Blind Viennese sculptor Berthold Ordner works in wire, gold and lace accessories for ladies dresses and a glider loops the loop at Salzburg - no soundtrack for this issue.

: Don't "Bird" The "Bird-Man"! (1932); French inventor gets colleagues to push his 'crash proof aeroplane' off a cliff - with predictable results.

: Everybody Will Be Flying Soon & Cuts (1926); Inventor (unsuccessfully) tests human bird device, early sort of hanglider.

: Finding Their Wings (1935); Footage of a large gliding base in France.

: First Man To Glide The Channel (1923); Mr Barbot receives congratulations after gliding Channel in monoplane. France.

: First Water Glider In The World! (1931); Mr Lowe Wylde shows of his new design of glider plane - it takes off and lands on the water.

: Glider Priest (1969); Father John Milne enjoys piloting glider over the Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire.