Product Details

• Directors: Gary Wortman
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Infinity Entertainment/Hepcat
• DVD Release Date: March 17, 2009
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001ON57NM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,396 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Americans have always had a fascination with flight. In 1896, man's first man-made aircraft left the ground... if just for seconds. Over the years followed such headliner successes as the Wright Brothers (1903), Charles Lindbergh (1927), Amelia Earhart (1928), Chuck Yeager (1947) and Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin (1969).All By the early '40s and World War II, it was clear that air power would play a decisive role in winning the struggle. War demands pushed aircraft technology and design ahead at a dizzying pace, quickly going further and faster than ever thought possible and providing a treasure trove of legacy aircraft. A new dream of flight began emerging in the early '60s, beyond the birds and clouds, to visit a world beyond our own. The U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a race to the moon, generating huge advances in science, medicine and technology. The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (established in 1946), also known as America's Hangar, houses over 300,000 square-feet of aircraft and is the world's most visited museum. It has preserved and displays many of the world's most renowned historic aircraft. From the first airplane, commercial aircraft and spacecraft to take an American into orbit, Smithsonian Channel takes you on a personal tour of the collections of the National Air and Space Museum, chronicling the first century of flight.

Running Time: 60 minutes

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent DVD!, May 15, 2010

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This review is from: America's Hangar (DVD)

I have been to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. several times, but this DVD is a great souvenir of both that museum and the new, larger Air & Space Museum II at Dulles Airport. I may not get to the new museum at Dulles, so this video tour is the next best thing.