| Authors: |
Topics Entertainment (Firm)
WQED Multimedia.
Moore, Christopher T.
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| Material type: |
DVD-Video |
| Subject: |
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Race relations.
African American fighter pilots -- History.
African American air pilots -- History.
Documentary television programs.
United States.Army Air Forces.Fighter Group, 332nd.
United States.Army Air Forces.Fighter Squadron, 99th.
United States.Army Air Forces.Composite Group, 477th.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
Renton, WA : Topics Entertainment, c2011. |
| Description: |
1 videodisc (ca. 55 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9781600778742 1600778747 |
| Notes: |
Originally produced for public television in 2008. |
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Bonus features: Congressional Gold Medal ceremony; ground crews; buying the farm; Black bird-men; restoring Moton Field; buzzing Sewickley; race aviators; Western Pennsylvania's Tuskegee airmen; discrimination; death on an airstrip. |
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Narrator, Christopher T. Moore |
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DVD. |
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In English. |
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Editor, David Cohen ; original music composed by, Emmai Alaquiva ; executive producer, Jocelyn Hough. |
| Series: |
DVD Excellence.
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| Summary: |
Tells the story of the African American men who joined the Tuskegee Institute and volunteered to serve during World War II. Through interviews with family and friends the film explores the individual stories of these brave men who changed the way American wages war. |