Recognition of the CG-4A Glider

Accession Number F02304
Collection type Film
Measurement 6 min 2 sec
Object type Training and Technical films
Physical description 16mm/b&w/sound
Maker First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Place made United States of America
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Official training film TF I-3364 produced for the War Department by the First Motion Picture Unit U.S. Army Airforces. Uses stills and animated diagrams to show the main recognition features of the CG-4A Glider. Includes motion picture film of gliders under tow by Lockheed Hudsons, DC-3 and DC-4 aircraft in single and multiple tow configuration. Shots of wheel jettisons and gliders landing in fields and water.

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