Horsa Glider Lands On Water (1940)

Location Unknown / Unclear. Several shots of aircraft in flight. American Horsa glider crash landing in water. Several shots of gliders on the airfield being towed by DC 3 planes. Several shots of the American army men advancing through water and woods. Several shots of a glider landing on dry land, troops running out and take positions. More shots of the gliders in flight and as they land on field, cloud of dust is seen as glider slides along the field. Note; apparently an American WACO CG-4A glider is wrongly described as a Horsa. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957),