Group of men load a rocket “Gloria” with the bags of mail at an arctic landscape. The rocket is prepped for take off and ignited. A blast of fire streams from the tail of the glider as it attempts to take off. The glider goes up the ramp but fails to get airborne and simply falls to the ground.
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