Gliding (1952)

RAF (Royal Air Force) gliding school in Detling, Kent. Ground view, Eton Glider floating. C/U Lieutenant Piggot, pilot of a glider, camera shows ground. M/S Officers watching pilot demonstrate movement of model glider’s wings. C/U Pan shot, officers watching. C/U Pilot’s feet on control pedals hands adjusting tension wire. C/U Officer watching. M/S Group watching pilot who points up. C/U Officers looking up L/S of Prefect glider looping and flying away into distance. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 19