| WINGS FOR PAULINE Reel 2 Nicely made documentary about a woman learning to fly a glider. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7386 |
| Catalog #: | 488108 | |
| Clip Number: | 488108-5 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:18:08 - 01:21:20 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1949 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Gliders TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Instruction & Training | |
| Description: | Retrieving vehicle is driven out to the plane. Peter is on board and is the first to congratulate Pauline. C/U of Pauline climbing out of the cockpit and talking to Peter. They walk along together. L/S of the clubhouse. Pauline is mobbed by other club members who hold out a blanket and push Pauline into it. They give her the "bumps", throwing her up in the air in the blanket. Then they all go into the clubhouse. Inside they sit down at a table for some tea. Peter sits down very gingerly as he is bruised from bouncing around in the slider. L/S of the hillside as several people pull a glider which emerges over the hill and flies off. L/S of glider and club members. Various shots of men pulling on ropes to catapult the aircraft into the air. Glider is launched by winch and cable. More shots of gliders in flight. C/U of Peter and Pauline looking up into the sky. Birds eye view of land as the glider spins. "One day Peter, you too will ride on the wings of the wind" | |
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