The Century of Flight(1997)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1997-01-01
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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
This definitive history of manned flight has been compiled into 26 hour episodes, with access to some of the rarest archive film ever taken. Unprecedented co-operation has been extended by the world's leading aircraft manufacturers and leading archive libraries. Included in the footage are shots of rare prototype accidents and failures which contributed to the inevitable achievement and success of man in the air. Since Charles Lindbergh became the first lone aviator to cross the Atlantic in 1927, air transport has greatly accelerated , revolutionised by the giant Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet - and what might we see in the 21st century?
Keywords
aviationaviation history
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 26E01
Man Learns To Fly
Air Date: 1997-01-01
The development of the early heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air flying machines. The programme framework includes ...
E02
High Above The Trenches
Air Date: 1997-01-08
How the aeroplane went to war, with the development of the combat aircraft from the unarmed reconnaissance types to s...
E03
Wings Over the Sea
Air Date: 1997-01-15
This programme covers the development of naval aviation during the Great War. We travel back from the aircraft carrie...
E04
Strike From The Air
Air Date: 1997-01-22
The aircraft soon bought civilians into the firing line as never before and brought about a new form of total war. Th...
E05
The Trailblazers
Air Date: 1997-01-29
A review of the great long distance flights and those aviators who achieved them including colour re-enactments by re...
E06
The Romance Of The Air
Air Date: 1997-02-05
A review of heroic days of civil aviation. How civil airlines began in Europe and USA during the 1920s. Airship versu...
E07
The Shadow Of The Bomber
Air Date: 1997-02-12
How air forces developed between the two world wars. Rearmament - creation of the Luftwaffe, expansion of the Russian...
E08
Struggle For The Skies
Air Date: 1997-02-19
Fighter developments and the great air battles. Colour collage of World War II fighters. All powerful Luftwaffe - Pol...
E09
Airpower and Armies
Air Date: 1997-02-26
How aircraft were used in direct support of ground forces. Camera gun shots in colour of aircraft attacking ground ta...
E10
Airpower and Navies
Air Date: 1997-03-05
The influence of aviation on maritime operations during World War II. Colour footage of Pearl Harbor in the aftermath...
E11
The Bomber as War Winner
Air Date: 1997-03-12
Colour collage of World War II bombers taking off and airborne. Eastern front- German and Russian bombing operations,...
E12
The Coming of the Jets
Air Date: 1997-03-19
The development of the jet up to and including the Korean War. Pre-war developments, combat jets of World War II. Bre...
E13
Cold War Skies
Air Date: 1997-03-26
The role of airpower in the Cold War. Coming of the Cold War. Berlin Airlift - the story of the greatest air transpor...
E14
The Helicopter Story
Air Date: 1997-04-02
How the helicopter evolved into today’s multi-purpose aerial vehicles. In the beginning, the Autogiro, the first heli...
E15
Korea To The Gulf War
Air Date: 1997-04-09
Air warfare developments in the second half of the Twentieth Century. Korea and SE Asia - air combat showing how the ...
E16
Naval Aviation
Air Date: 1997-04-16
Aircraft carrier developments - from World War II types to the carrier of today, and their use from Korean to Gulf wa...
E17
Embracing the World
Air Date: 1997-04-23
The airlines get back on their feet - immediate post World Ward II developments and how land-based aircraft took over...
E18
The Spectacle of Flying
Air Date: 1997-04-30
Aerobatic display teams - the leading military and civilian display teams in action, and how they prepare their displ...
E19
Law Enforcement from the Air
Air Date: 1997-05-07
Helicopter monitoring of a high speed car chase. How police monitor traffic and deter crime, including tracking down ...
E20
Angels of Mercy
Air Date: 1997-05-14
The humanitarian uses of the aircraft. Helicopters rescuing people from a skyscraper fire. Aircraft as fire-fighter -...
E21
Anyone can fly
Air Date: 1997-05-21
Private flying in all its forms. Light aircraft in flight. Theme of freedom of the air compared to the ground. Learni...
E22
To the Furthest Corners of the World
Air Date: 1997-05-28
Aerial exploration and its offshoots. Aerial views of the Amazon jungle, Himalayas, deserts of Arabia, Antarctica. Ea...
E23
The Parachute Story
Air Date: 1997-06-04
How parachuting has evolved over the century. Parachute formation team in action and military para drop. The early da...
E24
To the Moon and Beyond
Air Date: 1997-06-11
The means to get there - rocketry developments in the 1920s and 1930s, German rocket research and use during World Wa...
E25
Madcaps and Oddballs
Air Date: 1997-06-18
Japanese manpowered flight competition. Manpowered flight - the story from Icarus and Daedalus to Kanellopolous’s 198...
E26
The Future of Flight
Air Date: 1997-06-25
What we might see in the Twenty-First Century. Stealth aircraft in flight. Current frontiers of technology - Stealth,...
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