First air war

DVD - 2014

When World War I began in 1914, the air forces of the opposing nations consisted of handfuls of rickety biplanes. By the war's end, the blueprint of the modern fighter aircraft had emerged. To trace the story of this astonishingly rapid technological revolution, NOVA takes viewers inside The Vintage Aviator, a team of New Zealand-based aviation buffs dedicated to bringing back classic World War One fighters.

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Genres
Documentary television programs
War television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : PBS Distribution 2014.
Language
English
Corporate Authors
Bedlam Productions, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Distribution (Firm)
Corporate Authors
Bedlam Productions (-), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors
Nick Green (-), David Arshadi
Item Description
Title from container.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; stereo.
ISBN
9781627891233
Contents unavailable.
Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up-"Between 1914 and 1918 aviation designers turned the airplane from eccentric novelty to decisive weapon." The astounding feat is chronicled here in a riveting narrative that alternates between present and past. In the present, a camera crew follows a team of engineers in New Zealand who specialize in re-creating World War I planes. When the focus is on the past, archival footage and photography accompany the narrator who, with the assistance of period experts, describes the high stakes race between Britain and Germany to build the best plane. Attention-grabbing details underscore the rapidity of aviation's evolution. For instance, early on in the war planes were made of little more than linen, wood, and wicker. Later models were much sturdier and armed with machine guns and telegraphs. The past and present are bridged when engineers in New Zealand set about to discover how World War I pilots made clear photographs and how they fired weapons at ground targets from the shaky confines of an airplane. As the team experiments, it uncovers pitfalls that befell the pilots-gasoline fumes fogging up goggles, machine guns shooting off the propellers of the planes from which they are mounted, to name two. VERDICT With its clear, step-by-step analysis of a major transformation in warfare, portrayal of more than one viewpoint, its emphasis on primary sources, and its strength in linking past and present, this exemplary documentary strongly supports the Common Core and other academic standards.-Jennifer Prince, Buncombe County Public Libraries, NC (c) Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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