The Tuskegee airmen / Rubicon Productions ; produced and directed by W. Drew Perkins, Bill Reifenberger ; written by Bill Reifenberger ; associate producer, Alex Jennings, Anne Greene.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 87780 | PBS Home VideoTUSA601 | PBS Home VideoPublication details: [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2004]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color (with black and white sequences) ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 141570113X
  • 9781415701133
  • 078064266X
  • 9780780642669
Uniform titles:
  • Tuskegee airmen (Television program : 2002)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 940.54/4 22
LOC classification:
  • D790.262 99th .T87 2004
Contents:
Coming home -- The battle for the right to fight -- Welcome to Tuskegee -- Learning to fly -- Winning their wings -- Trial by fire -- Victory for the Red Tails -- A disappointing homecoming -- An everlasting legacy.
Production credits:
  • Narrated by Ossie Davis; director of photography, Marcus M. Smith ; editor, W. Drew Perkins, Bill Reifenberger ; music, Adrienne Penebre, Peter Penebre ; audio post production, Burning Barn Sound & Music.
Narrated by Ossie Davis.Summary: The story of an experiment -- "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat." These pilots, trained in the "deep South," became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They battled on two fronts: against the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home.
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DVD, NTSC; region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby surround stereo.

Closed-captioned.

Narrated by Ossie Davis.

Narrated by Ossie Davis; director of photography, Marcus M. Smith ; editor, W. Drew Perkins, Bill Reifenberger ; music, Adrienne Penebre, Peter Penebre ; audio post production, Burning Barn Sound & Music.

Originally broadcast in 2002 on Alabama Public Television; nationwide on PBS in 2003.

The story of an experiment -- "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat." These pilots, trained in the "deep South," became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They battled on two fronts: against the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Coming home -- The battle for the right to fight -- Welcome to Tuskegee -- Learning to fly -- Winning their wings -- Trial by fire -- Victory for the Red Tails -- A disappointing homecoming -- An everlasting legacy.

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