Bibliograph

A daring flight, a Nova production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit in association with Taxi Video Brousse and Sveriges Television ; written, produced and directed by Carl Charlson

Type

Label

A daring flight, a Nova production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit in association with Taxi Video Brousse and Sveriges Television ; written, produced and directed by Carl Charlson

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

A daring flight

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

58844948

Responsibility statement

a Nova production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit in association with Taxi Video Brousse and Sveriges Television ; written, produced and directed by Carl Charlson

Runtime

Summary

On the morning of July 25, 1909, Louis Bleriot set out on his epic flight across the English Channel, marking the first long-distance flight over water and the first air crossing of a national boundary. A Daring Flight captures the thrilling formative years of flight, when the French were mad about airplanes and tried everything to fly

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The siren call of aviation -- Too much imagination -- "The Prince of Bad Luck" -- An international hero

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

A daring flight, the epic 1909 flight of Louis Bleriot across the English Channel

Classification