The Sporting World - International Gliding Championship (1954)

Great Hucklow, Derbyshire. GV & GT Hucklow: Gliders on ground. SV & SCU putting tail on No 40, English plastic. SV Argentinean name on glider trucks. SCU & SV Yugoslavs pulling glider from its trailer. SV glider being pulled to takeoff position. SV top rope being carried to glider. SV woman with bats signalling to winchman. SV winchman replying with bats. SCU winch racing. SV glider being towed into air. Wheels drop, cable and parachute go. SCU Wills, the English champion adjusting harness. SV bat girl signalling. Back view, Wills taking off. SC crowd. LV & CU glider soaring in sky. SV crowd. Air to air, gliders, & CU. Air to air, glider swooping low ground below. LV gliders against clouds. (.) 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 his