The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978)

Directed by

E.W. Swackhamer

Genre

biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the Wright brothers as they work to invent the first powered airplane. It shows their experiments and struggles leading up to their historic flight in 1903.

inspirationalearnesthistoricaldeterminedslow-pacedinformativenostalgicserious

What happens

The Winds of Kitty Hawk is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film directed by E. W. Swackhamer about the Wright brothers and their invention of the first successful powered heavier-than-air flying machine, the Wright Flyer. The film was broadcast on December 17, 1978, the 75th anniversary of the famous 1903 first aeroplane flight. It is one of several made-for-television films about historical people in aviation produced in the 1970s, including The Amazing Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart, and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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