Video

On Canadian wings [videorecording] / produced for the Department of National Defence by Royal York Communications ; writer and director, Charles Hutton Brown ; producer, Cathy Squires.

Brown, Charles Hutton. (Added Author). Squires, Cathy, 1958- (Added Author). Douglas, W. A. B. (William Alexander Binny), 1929- (Added Author). Canada. Dept. of National Defence. (Added Author). Royal York Communications. (Added Author).

Summary:

This documentary is on the history of military aviation in Canada. Produced for Canadian Forces Air Command, (16 Wing), features dramatic in-flight footage and some unseen historic footage from Canadian operations around the world. This series is all about the aircraft and the pilots who flew them, those who dreamed about them, designed and built them.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 DVD-video (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Canadian centennial of flight ed.
Publisher: [Canada] : Department of National Defence, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Canadian Centennial of Flight Edition"--Container.
Formatted Contents Note:	Canada's first flights -- Aerial warfare -- The birth of a national air force -- The aerodrome of democracy -- Some of the few -- Bombs over Europe -- Fast times for the golden jets -- A time of transition -- There shall be wings -- Towards the new millennium.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Narrator, John Tarzwell ; research, Vivian Hanwell ; graphics, Ron Allen ; on-line editors, Marie-Claude Gagnon, Paul Huppé ; location sound recording, Eldy Gouthro.
Participant or Performer Note:	W.A.B. Douglas, (Military historian).
System Details Note:	DVD.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, classroom, library, ILL.