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Blackie / Robert Drew, director.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blackburn, Harold F.
- Pilots.
- Flight--History.
- Flight.
- Genre:
- Feature films -- United States.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (53 minutes)) : sound, black and white
- Place of Publication:
- [Sharon, CT] : Drew Associates, [1962]
- System Details:
- digital optical
- Summary:
- These films are famous in filmmaking circles as the breakthrough documentaries in which a camera freely travels with its subject and covers events as they unfold and were recently restored by the Archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts.
- Blackie narrates the story of Harold F. Blackburn -or Blackie- as he pilots the final flight of his career from Rome to New York City on his 60th birthday. As we view cockpit footage of the flight and snapshots of his past, Blackie reflects on his life in the sky and his passion for flying. Most poignant in this portrait, perhaps, is the sadness that he clearly feels but never entirely acknowledges.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on October 19, 2023).
- Originally released as a documentary film in 1962.
- Public performance rights included.
- ISBN:
- 1422923037
- 9781422923030
- OCLC:
- 1053116093
- Publisher Number:
- 767685282380
- NNVG282381 New Video Group
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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