Fly girls
(DVD)
Contributors
Ladevich, Laurel, producer,
McDonnell, Mary, narrator.
Korth, Kathleen, editor of moving image work.
Wilson, Mitch, director of photography.
Tankard, Jack, director of photography.
McDonnell, Mary, narrator.
Korth, Kathleen, editor of moving image work.
Wilson, Mitch, director of photography.
Tankard, Jack, director of photography.
Published
Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation ;, [2006].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
DVD 940.544973 Fly
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DVD 940.544973 Fly
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Published
Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation ;, [2006].
Language
English
UPC
783421409699
Notes
General Note
Special features: Other products of interest [text feature].
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Kathleen Korth ; cinematography, Mitch Wilson, Jack Tankard ; music by Mark Adler ; historical consultant, Deborah G. Douglas.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Mary McDonnell; commentators, Chuck Yeager, Robert Arnold, Deborah G. Douglas, Barbara Erickson London, Teresa James, Dora Dougherty Strother, Ann Baumgartner Carl, Madge Rutherford Minton, Marty Martin Wyall, Paul Tibbets; voice actor, Kath Soucie.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast by PBS as an episode of the television series American Experience in 1999.
Description
In the midst of World War II, the call went out: women with flight experience were needed to fly for the military. All over the country, young women postponed their weddings, put their educations on hold, and quit their jobs to respond, becoming Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs. Led by Jacqueline Cochran, America's foremost female aviator, more than 1,000 women were trained to ferry aircraft, test planes, instruct male pilots, and even tow targets for anti-aircraft artillery practice. Despite serving with grit and determination from 1942 to 1944, these brave women pilots had no official military status, thus no benefits, although 38 gave their lives. In December 1944, the WASP program was disbanded. It would be more than thirty years before women would fly again for the US military.
System Details
DVD format; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo; 4x3 full screen presentation.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.
Cochran, Jacqueline.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Personal narratives.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women air pilots -- Biography.
Women air pilots -- History.
Women air pilots -- United States.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.
Biographies.
Cochran, Jacqueline.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Personal narratives.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women air pilots -- Biography.
Women air pilots -- History.
Women air pilots -- United States.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.
Other Subjects