Pioneers_in_Aviation:_The_Race_to_the_Moon《航空先驱》
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影片信息
官方网站
http://www.pioneersinaviation.com/
影片原始规格:
中文片名 ：航空先驱
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英文片名 ：Pioneers in Aviation: The Race to the Moon
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电视台 ：PBS
地区 ：美国
语言 ：英语
版本 ：DVD
发行时间 ：2012
影片内容介绍
剧情简介
Pioneers In Aviation: The Race to the Moon is a new re-release of the EMMY- nominated PBS documentary series. The three-part, three-hour series explores the history of American aviation - from the Wright brothers to the Apollo moon landing, from early biplanes to spacecraft - and focuses on the lives and careers of aviation pioneers William Boeing, Donald Douglas, Dutch Kindelberger and James McDonnell. This revised and re-edited version features newly transferred historical footage from Boeing, Douglas, North American, and McDonnell archives, including new footage of President Kennedy’s 1962 visit to McDonnell Aircraft to thank employees for their work on the space program. Experience America’s aviation and aerospace history and gain a new perspective on these amazing people, aircraft, and events.
分集介绍
The Early Years
The birth of American aviation; the Wright brothers’ 1908 demonstration for the U.S. Army Signal Corps; the 1920s.
The War Years
Jimmy Doolittle’s 1942 Tokyo raid employs the B-25 Mitchell bomber; Boeing, Douglas Aircraft and North American Aviation factories in the 1940s.
The Race to the Moon
President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 visit to McDonnell Aircraft; astronaut John Glenn returns after orbiting the earth; Marilyn Monroe poses with the Douglas DC-6.