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A daring flight, a Nova production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit in association with Taxi Video Brousse and Sveriges Television

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videorecording

A daring flight

DVD

58844948

a Nova production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit in association with Taxi Video Brousse and Sveriges Television

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On the morning of July 25, 1909, Louis Blériot set out on his epic flight across the English Channel, marking the first long-distance flight over water and the first air crossing of a national boundary. A Daring Flight captures the thrilling formative years of flight, when the French were mad about airplanes and tried everything to fly

Introduction -- The siren call of aviation -- Too much imagination -- "The Prince of Bad Luck" -- An international hero

live action

Daring flight, the epic 1909 flight of Louis Blériot across the English Channel