Archived Airborne & Glider Film
Historical film footage National Archive Records Administration (NARA)
Airborne Gliders in World War II
82nd Airborne Reviews England - August 1944
August 10, 1944 - Leicester, England - troops & color guard marching in review, jeeps towing light artillery and crews passing in review before officers, close shot of artillery and crews
August 10, 1944 - Leicester, England - 82nd Airborne troops watching review, troops listening to Generals Eisenhower, Brereton and Ridgeway who stand and salute
Glider Training and Activities in England
July 15, 1944
C-47, CG-4A, and Horsa flying over field
Horsa glider taxis, C-47’s pulling gliders, glider breaks loose and lands
Men loading gliders, glider lands and taxis, men at nose of CG-4
Gun loaded in glider and C-47 taxiing
Cockpit of glider, C-47 towing CG-4A glider, soldiers emerging Horsa glider
C-47’s towing CG-4 gliders, Horsa comes in for landing, soldiers exit Horsa with guns and equipment
Jeep towing CG-4 glider, two officers remove tie down hooks, C-47 low over field
Many C-47’s and gliders, close shots, upshot to many formations
Troop Carrier Command June 6, 1944
Dunkirk Lighthouse, D-Day and C-47’s, gliders, troop ships converge on Normandy beaches, Royal Navy officers watch from below, ships and barrage balloons
C-47’s with gliders in tow, D-Day invasion, aerial shots of glider fields, officers, aviators review maps, loading bombs to P-47 aircraft and depart for Normandy
Gliders in Sicily - “Operation Husky”
Operation Husky - Sicily - July 16/18, 1943.
Damaged and destroyed US CG4A Gliders (324 B)
Operation Husky - Sicily - July 18/20, 1943
Wrecked US CG4A Gliders in fields and beaches
Caution - graphic content
(324B)
“Shanty Town” ETO Great Britain
Ninth Air Force Combat Film - April 5, 1944, photographed by the 4th Combat Camera Unit. “Shanty Town,” hundreds of gliders, packed crates, soldiers in living quarters, chow line, mail call, “Vine and Hollywood”