WWII - Color, 1945: Gliders & Towplanes; Airmen & Dates on Leave Pt. 2 of 2
View from glider along towline to C-47, past pilots. Aerial over countryside, past pilot. View over Rhine .
10:25:42 C-47s taxiing past pulling gliders during take-off. GOOD.
10:26:41 POV from glider past pilots to C-47 w/ towline visible. CU hand pulling lever & releasing, gliding & banking as C-47 pulls away. Landing.
10:28:22 Destroyed village, army trucks passing; panning & trucks on road in convoy.
10:28:50 Aerial over low hills w/ wing of ?? visible. View out of plane window; fields below. Across wide river.
10:29:29 Palm trees & sandy beach w/ swimmers in North Africa ; military on R&R walking along seawall, tilt up large hotel w/ Martinez sign on roof. Airman taking stills of another. CU barbed wire barrier along beach. CUs women walking; Pans. Blond in two-piece bathing suit playing volleyball. Airplane overhead.
10:30:26 Two couples lying on beach. Servicemen playing cards on blanket on sand. Women sunning in beach chairs. Picture taking.
10:30:53 Slate: Visitez Le Lookout Mtn. Funiculaire. Chattanooga, Tenn. LS panning over large coastal city.
10:31:04 Airmen wearing life vests walking across field in front of C-47s to planes. Crew into plane seen from inside. Repeated.
10:32:38 Crew sitting on grass talking, MCU. Man describing flight. Jacket w/ Van, Baltimore on it.
10:33:10 Airmen briefed at large map under tree w/ building behind
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WWII - Color, 1945: Gliders & Towplanes; Airmen & Dates on Leave Pt. 2 of 2 View from glider along towline to C-47, past pilots. Aerial over countryside, past pilot. View over Rhine . 10:25:42 C-47s taxiing past pulling gliders during take-off. GOOD. 10:26:41 POV from glider past pilots to C-47 w/ towline visible. CU hand pulling lever & releasing, gliding & banking as C-47 pulls away. Landing. 10:28:22 Destroyed village, army trucks passing; panning & trucks on road in convoy. 10:28:50 Aerial over low hills w/ wing of ?? visible. View out of plane window; fields below. Across wide river. 10:29:29 Palm trees & sandy beach w/ swimmers in North Africa ; military on R&R walking along seawall, tilt up large hotel w/ Martinez sign on roof. Airman taking stills of another. CU barbed wire barrier along beach. CUs women walking; Pans. Blond in two-piece bathing suit playing volleyball. Airplane overhead. 10:30:26 Two couples lying on beach. Servicemen playing cards on blanket on sand. Women sunning in beach chairs. Picture taking. 10:30:53 Slate: Visitez Le Lookout Mtn. Funiculaire. Chattanooga, Tenn. LS panning over large coastal city. 10:31:04 Airmen wearing life vests walking across field in front of C-47s to planes. Crew into plane seen from inside. Repeated. 10:32:38 Crew sitting on grass talking, MCU. Man describing flight. Jacket w/ Van, Baltimore on it. 10:33:10 Airmen briefed at large map under tree w/ building behind WW2; USAAF Daily Life; Leave; Recreation; Hotel Martinez; North Africa ; Mediterranean;