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The romance of the air.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Century of flight ;v23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aeronautics--History.
- Aeronautics.
- Airplanes--History.
- Airplanes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (52 mins.).
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : British Broadcasting Corporation Worldwide ; [Pyrmont, N.S.W.] : Roadshow Entertainment [distributor], c2009.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- A review of heroic days of civil aviation. How civil airlines began in Europe and USA during the 1920s. Airship versus Aircraft - rivalry for transatlantic routes, culminating in the R101 and Hindenburg airship disasters. British Imperial Airways and Pan Am flying boat services. Airmindedness - air shows, aerobatics, barnstorming.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 17, 2012).
- "The epic story of human triumph in the sky"--Original container.
- Previously published as DVD.
- OCLC:
- 689524561
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