Silent wings : American glider pilots of WWII / director, Robert Child.

Title
: 
Silent wings : American glider pilots of WWII / director, Robert Child.

ISBN
: 
9781592180417

Publication Information
: 
Pittsburgh, PA : Inecom Entertainment, 2007.

Physical Description
: 
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note
: 
Documentary.
 
Title from container.
 
DVD release of the 2006 production.
 
Special features: interview with director Robert Child; virtural tour of Silent Wings Museum. On screen appearances by Walter Cronkite and Andy Rooney.
 
DVD ; all regions ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound ; NTSC.

Summary
: 
Reveals the critical role gliders played in World War II offensives. They had no motor, no parachutes and no second chances.

Corporate Subject
: 
United States. Army. Glider Infantry Regiment, 401st.

Subject Term
: 
Gliding and soaring
 
Gliders (Aeronautics)
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
 
Combat survival

Genre
: 
Documentary films
 
Films for people who are deaf or hard of hearing
 
Video recordings for people who are deaf or hard of hearing

Added Author
: 
Child, Robert, 1963-
 
Holbrook, Hal
 
Cronkite, Walter
 
Rooney, Andrew A., 1919-

Added Corporate Author
: 
Inecom Entertainment (Firm)

Language Note
: 
Closed-captioned.

Series Title
: 
Minutes of history series.

Series Sequence
: 
Minutes of history series

Production Credits
: 
Narrator, Hal Holbrook.

OCLC Number
: 
ocm72576587

Availability
: 
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
 
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
 
Eagan - Wescott~1


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Apple Valley - GalaxieDigital Video Disc940.544 SilenNon-Fiction DVDs
Burnsville - BurnhavenDigital Video Disc940.544 SilenNon-Fiction DVDs
Eagan - WescottDigital Video Disc940.544 SilenNon-Fiction DVDs