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Scenes at the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club

A fascinating record of Gliding Club activities in the interwar years.

Amateur film 1935 35 mins Silent

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Overview

Gliding scenes at Camphill in the 1930s, including the National Meetings in 1936 and 1937, the latter featuring a visit from the German pilot Hanna Reitsch. There are also aerial shots, and footage of the Slingsby's Gull II glider and the Golden Wren.

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.