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Camphill Post-war
Watch members of the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club enjoying their sport.
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Activities at Camphill, home of the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club. On a breezy hillside, we see men and women preparing for flights, and their gliders being launched. This film also includes aerial shots of gliders in flight.
The Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club has been based at Camphill in Great Hucklow, Derbyshire since 1935, and many pioneers of gliding were members or flew from here. In 1954, Camphill hosted the World Gliding Championships.
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