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The story of Paul MacCready's historic invention, creation and ultimately successful first human-powered flight. This film documents the work, adventure and creative thinking that went into making an impossible dream into a scientific reality. The film accounts one year's time when MacCready and his crew struggled to capture the Kremer Prize, awarded for the design of the first successful human-powered airplane.
Running time: 27 min, Year released: 1978
Close captioned?: N, Color?: Y
Avail. formats: 16mm,VHS
ISBN: 1-55974-245-3
Language: English, Subtitled?: N
For classroom?: Y, Study Guide?: N
Grade level: 7th and up
Reviews: "A film to set you soaring!"
--Media and Methods
"Wonderfully uplifting, cheering and amusing."
--Charles Champlin, L.A. Times
"From a flight of fancy to a magnificent obsession, the creation, evolution, and successful flight of a human powered aircraft are detailed in this absorbing production that closely follows the wavering course of the Gossamer Condor and the resolute perseverance of its inventor, Paul MacCready...enthralling."
--BooklistOther Credits: Churchill Films presents a Shedd Production
Written and Directed by Ben Shedd
Produced by Jacqueline Phillips Shedd
Director of Photography: Boyd Estus
Edited by Ben Shedd & Mary Bauer
Sound Mix: John Brasher
Narrator Roger Steffens
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 Academy Award, Best Documentary Short
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This title can also be found in: Academy Award Winners, Americana, Aviation, Biographies, Engineering, History, Hobbies & Special Interest, Science & Scientists, U.S. History |
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