WOMEN OF COURAGE: a time for courage
Price: $265.00 Code: 2186 |
Directed By: Noble Streets International
2005, Length: 5-parts/ 60 minute each
Purchase: $265 | Classroom Rental: $125
Violet Milstead ferried powerful military aircraft, from single engine Spitfires to The Hurricane and Mosquito's. Denied the right to fly in the RCAF, Canadian pilot Milstead chose to volunteer for civilian service in Britain’s Air TransportAuxiliary. She flew over 700 hours in 99 different aircraft. Violet navigated without a radio,through fog and clouds, with a map, compass, dead reckoning and a prayer. Archivalfootage, photographs, poster and commentary form aviation historian and author ShirleyRender, draw viewers back to the time when the battle for the skies intensified.
2005, Length: 5-parts/ 60 minute each
Purchase: $265 | Classroom Rental: $125
Violet Milstead ferried powerful military aircraft, from single engine Spitfires to The Hurricane and Mosquito's. Denied the right to fly in the RCAF, Canadian pilot Milstead chose to volunteer for civilian service in Britain’s Air TransportAuxiliary. She flew over 700 hours in 99 different aircraft. Violet navigated without a radio,through fog and clouds, with a map, compass, dead reckoning and a prayer. Archivalfootage, photographs, poster and commentary form aviation historian and author ShirleyRender, draw viewers back to the time when the battle for the skies intensified.
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