Gliding Experts Soar In Eight Annual Contest

Clip: 346344_1_1

Year Shot: 1937 (Actual Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1523

Original Film: 009-575-09

HD: N/A

Location: ELMIRA, N.Y.

Timecode: 00:25:27 - 00:26:15

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Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery More than fifty craft and a hundred pilots take part in the eighth National Soaring Contest-classic event for motorless craft. For the first time a mechanical launching device is demonstrated that sends the planes off to a superior start.