Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Boston
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305049025
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,517 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The shocking details of the race for supersonic passenger travel are finally coming to light. The Soviets started years behind the Concorde, but their remarkably similar Soviet TU-144 (dubbed the Konkordski) was in the air first. This true tale of Cold War espionage reveals what really happened at the 1973 Paris air show, a supersonic competition between the planes, when the Konkordski went down in a fatal, fiery explosion, which was never fully explained by either the French or Soviets.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Quintessential Biography of the "Other" SST, January 11, 2011

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C. Allison (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nova: Supersonic Spies [VHS] (VHS Tape)

(make that the "first" SST)

Even though this documentary was made over 10 years ago, it is STILL a fascinating expose' into the Cold War era battle for the supersonic air transport market of the late 60s/early 70s...which (as it eventually turned out) didn't really exist to begin with! This program is the perfect companion piece to the documentary NOVA did on the Concorde, which aired about 4 years following this one. If you're a fan of all things "fast aircraft", you've found exactly what you're looking for.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing world history!, January 13, 2008

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David D. Endry (Columbus, OH 43235) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nova: Supersonic Spies [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is an unbelievable piece of history concerning the Cold War, technological achievement and competition between nations gone bad. I remember hearing sonic booms while growing up in Ohio but I had no idea about the Konkordski tragedy until this film (and I'm not revealing it here!). I nearly fell off my seat when they showed the actual footage. This Nova film is more than educational. The suspense, international deception and shocking footage from the France Air Show could compete with a Hollywood movie.