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02717agm a22004815a 4500 001 9F88E38466B711EBBCB452E21FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210204010329 006 m o c 007 vz czazzu 007 cr cna|||||||| 008 170115s2007 xxu113 e s vleng d 024 10 $a 646032040692 028 42 $a MWT11799488 040 $a Midwest $d SILO 245 00 $a Silent wings: $b American glider pilots of WWII $h [electronic resource]. 246 30 $a American glider pilots of WWII 246 3 $a American glider pilots of World War II 246 3 $a American glider pilots of World War 2 246 3 $a American glider pilots of World War Two 260 $a [United States] : $b Janson Media : $c 2007. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 video file (ca. 113 min.)) : $b sd., col. 490 1 $a The minutes of history series 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 $a Narrator: Hal Holbrook ; featuring Walter Cronkite and Andy Rooney. 520 $a From the early race to build gliders to the D-Day invasion at Normandy and Nazi Germany's final surrender, Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilots of WWII narrated by Hal Holbrook, reveals the critical role gliders played in World War II offensives. Through rare archival footage and photographs, the film places the audience right at the center of the action in the dangerous world of the American glider pilot. During WWII, 6000 young Americans volunteered to fly large unarmed cargo gliders into battle. For these glider pilots every mission was do-or-die. It was their task to repeatedly risk their lives landing the men and tools of war deep within enemy-held territory, often in complete darkness. Thousands of lives were saved and battles won because of their efforts. In fact, one pilot interviewed said - the 'G' in their emblem didn't stand for glider; it stood for 'guts'. 521 8 $a Not rated. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 610 10 $a United States. $b Glider Infantry Regiment, 401st. $b Glider Infantry Regiment, 401st. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations. 650 0 $a Gliding and soaring. 650 0 $a Combat survival. 700 1 $a Child, Robert, $d 1963- 700 1 $a Holbrook, Hal. 700 1 $a Cronkite, Walter. 700 1 $a Rooney, Andrew A. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 830 0 $a Minutes of history series. 856 40 $z Click link to download title: $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11799488 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/jan_646032040692_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GHPD771 $d 20210204021751.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9F88E38466B711EBBCB452E21FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search