Movie Details
Theatrical Release:March 13th, 1944
Original Language:English
Production Companies:First Motion Picture Unit United States Army Air Forces
Operation of the Glider PickUp by the C47 (1944)
This government documentary short film depicts and explains the processes for retrieving a glider in the field In combat situations in World War II gliders were used to transport men and materiel to sites not suitable for landing powered aircraft and the gliders were constructed so that they could be reused The preparation of the grounded glider is explained as well as the preparations and maneuvers aboard the C47 aircraft which will pick up the glider
StarringRonald Reagan
