The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978)
- Directed by
- E.W. Swackhamer
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- NR
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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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Apollo 11 (2019)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.