Glider Pilots (1942)

Glider pilots. South Africa. C/U sign for gliding school. Various shots as engineers make gliders in workshops. M/S of the finished products outside. They are used to train pilots before they progress to aeroplanes. Various shots as the gliders take off, the winch is slackened so the pilot has complete control over the glider. Good shot as one flies up and over the camera. Various shots of fighter aeroplanes in the air. The glider comes in to land. Various shots of the advanced soarer glider in the air. 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 (193