Dancing in the sky / [AWA International Ltd. presents] ; [associate producer, Jeff Hurrell] ; [directed and produced by Julian Arahanga].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Arahanga, Julian, director, producer.

Hurrell, Jeff, producer.

Awa Films, production company, presenter.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhodes-Moorhouse, William Bernard, 1887-1915.

Rhodes-Moorhouse, William Bernard.

World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British.

World War, 1914-1918.

Māori (New Zealand people)--England--Biography.

Māori (New Zealand people).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Biographical films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New Zealand : Tawera Productions and Black Pearl, 2010.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

A documentary on the life and times of William Rhodes-Moorhouse, a Maori pioneer in aviation and the first airman to receive the Victoria Cross. Born in London into enormous wealth, Will's burning desire for speed lead him from motorcycles, to cars, and eventually to the exciting new world of aviation. On the 26th April he took off on a solo mission to intercept German reinforcements at a railway junction in Courtrai. Ignoring advice to bomb from altitude he flew down 300 feet through a hail of machine gun fire in an astonishing feat of bravery. This documentary reveals the full story of his life and what happened on that spring afternoon.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed July 20, 2017).

OCLC:

1003350015