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Struggle for the skies.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Century of flight ;v7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aeronautics--History.
- Aeronautics.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- 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:
- Fighter developments and the great air battles. Colour collage of World War II fighters. All powerful Luftwaffe - Poland 1939 and France 1940. The Critical Contest - Battle of Britain 1940, including the tactics used by both sides. Colour graphics and diagrams are used. The Fighter War in Europe - Eastern and Western Fronts, with emphasis on increasing armament and speed of piston-engine fighters. This includes colour footage. Night Fighters -developments. The fighter aces - the leading aces and their stories. Coming of the jets - review of World War II types, in colour.
- 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:
- 689524532
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