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Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. "In 1921, a young woman arose from the poverty of the Texas cotton fields. She captured the hearts of the American Black population, teaching them to overcome not only the racial barriers of the time but also the barriers within themselves. She dared to dream, and she challenged them to do so as well. Her name was Bessie Coleman. And, for Bessie Coleman, the sky was the limit ..."--Container.
2) Fly girls
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is told by some of the participants and illustrated with archival film and home movies.
3) Amelia
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate...
4) Wings
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Suffocated by modern-day living, a buttoned-down headmistress reminisces about her glory days as a World War II pilot.
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