Air
Young female fighter pilots arrive to the frontline. They have different stories and different fates. They are getting older, falling in love and lose their closest ones as well as take their place in the world of men. The air has become their home. However, at war no one knows whose fate is to live and who is doomed to die.
The Lion Has Wings
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different animals into a boat.
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
To celebrate the centenary of the Royal Air Force, Ewan and Colin McGregor take to the skies in some of the world's most iconic planes. These are the planes that were involved in aerial combat at every stage of the RAF's story, from the biplanes used in the early days of dogfighting in World War I to the beautiful Spitfire of the Battle of Britain, the plucky Lysander and on to mighty Vulcan nuclear bomber, as well as the Chinook helicopter and supersonic Typhoon that are still in service today. It is a story of amazing machines and epic battles, but above all it is the story of the men and women whose courage and ingenuity have been at the heart of the RAF for 100 years. On their journey Ewan and Colin meet an amazing cast of characters.
Amelia
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Expedition Amelia
Explorer Robert Ballard sets out to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance as he and a team of experts travel to the remote Pacific atoll named Nikumaroro in search of her final resting place.
The White Diamond
This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden flight above the jungle canopy.
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
Gold
Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the unscrupulous owners can make a killing in the international gold market.
Dark Blue World
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.
Decision Against Time
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they're aided by Dutch civilians.
Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project
Bob Hoover tells his own story and shares, with his trademark charm, the hard earned wisdom of a life spent pushing the edge of the envelope while contributing to aviation’s many developments.
Blue Thermal
Tamaki becomes a captive of the vast beauty of the skies from the moment Kuramochi takes her under his wing and up for a flight in a glider.
The Lockerbie Bombing
On 21 December 1988 a Pan Am 747 jet exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie. On the 25th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on British soil, this is the story.
Wings
After WWII, a Soviet pilot returns to civilian life and struggles in her roles as school principal and mother, and with her memories of the war.
The Tuskegee Airmen
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
Fate Is the Hunter
An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.
One Six Right
An exhilarating documentary film that celebrates the unsung hero of aviation - the local airport - by tracing the life, history, and struggles of an airport icon: Southern California's Van Nuys Airport. Featuring thrilling aerial photography and a sweeping original score, the film dispels common misconceptions and opposes criticism of General Aviation airports.
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Michael Powell
Director
Ian Fleming
as
Air Officer
Raymond Huntley
as
Minor Role
Austin Trevor
as
Schulemburg - German Air Chief of Staff
Dana Elcar
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Benchley
Ricky Schroder
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Bobby
John Fujioka
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Cleveland
John P. Ryan
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Coslough
Carleton Young
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Captain at Brooks Field Flight School
Aaron Spelling
as
Mr. Fearless
Paul Brinegar
as
Okie
Norman Leavitt
as
Ryan Aircraft Employee
Ewan McGregor
as
Self
Mira Nair
Director
Richard Donat
as
Gallagher
Richard Gere
as
George Putnam
Hamish McEwan
as
Paul
Allison Janney
as
Narrator
Amelia Earhart
as
Self
Werner Herzog
Director
John Le Mesurier
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French Painter
Gordon Jackson
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MacDougal
James Fox
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Richard Mays
Bernard Horsfall
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Dave Kowalski
Ray Milland
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Hurry H. 'Pops' Hirschfeld
Carl Duering
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Syndicate Member
Susannah York
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Terry Steyner
Miroslav Táborský
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Vilha Houf
Charles Dance
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Wing Commander Bentley
Donald Pleasence
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Crabtree
Howard Marion-Crawford
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Ingrams
Roland Culver
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Naval Officer
Neil Armstrong
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Self
Harrison Ford
as
Self - Interviewee
Masaki Tachibana
Director
Kengo Kawanishi
as
Kaede Hatori
Rie Takahashi
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Kaori Mochida
Nobunaga Shimazaki
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Kuramochi Jun
Junya Enoki
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Sorachi Daisuke
Zhanna Bolotova
as
Tanya
Laurence Fishburne
as
Hannibal Lee
Janet MacLachlan
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Hannibal's Mother
Courtney B. Vance
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Lt. Glenn
John Lithgow
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Senator Conyers
Ralph Nelson
Director
Ron Nyman
as
Bob
Rod Taylor
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Capt. Jack Savage
Suzanne Pleshette
as
Martha Webster
Constance Towers
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Peg Burke
Sydney Pollack
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Self
Lorenzo Lamas
as
Self
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