Glider Thrills

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

43/79

Date Released

4 Oct 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Indians at Buckingham Palace
2. 2Glider Thrills
3. 3Newsbriefs
4. 4Macarthur in the South Pacific
5. 5Rome Bombed (Captured Film) & Italian Capitulation
6. 6Trailer: No Smoke Without Fire
7. 7Fleet Air Arm Co-Operation

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

At a US training ground Dakota aircraft take off towing gliders. The gliders are seen coming in to land. Some land in fields and some in water, the airborne troops getting very wet in the process.

Keywords

Aviation; Military

Length of story (in feet)

99

Story extras:

Film clip

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Phone

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Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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