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DC Wings - Test Flights - Beyond the Limits (1998) Movies

Posted by Polik88 at April 1, 2013

Go behind-the-scenes at Dryden Flight Research Center, NASA's remote outpost where the world's top experimental flight researchers and pilots develop cutting-edge technology and flight test the world's most advanced aircraft. Here you’ll get the very rare opportunity to experience the power of top aircraft like the X-1, the X-15, the X-33, the X-43 and many more.

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DC Wings - Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the USAF (1997) Movies

Posted by notbanned at May 11, 2019

Beyond the Wild Blue is the most accurate rendition of the history of the United States Air Force that has ever been seen on the television or video. By a brilliant combination of archival film research and intensely personal interviews with many of the most important figures in the history of the Air Force, John Honey and Walter Boyne have produced a vivid and fast moving portrait of service which went from the ruins of World War II demobilization to become the principal weapon of the world's only Superpower.

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DC Wings - Flying Coffins: The First World War in the Air (1998) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Feb. 13, 2019

When the First World War broke out, powered flight was barely a decade old. Within the first few months of the war, the first flimsy aircraft would change ground warfare forever. An Allied reconnaissance plane spotted a crucial weakness in the German lines at the Marne in August 1914. However, as the Allies massed in attack, a German aircraft saw them and the element of surprise was lost. Armies could no longer manoeuvre without being seen - and the era of trench warfare began.

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DC Wings - Great Planes - A-4 Skyhawk (1994) Movies

Posted by Polik88 at May 3, 2012

The A-4 Skyhawk, creation of Douglas's chief engineer Ed Heineman, has become a Iiving legend. A GREAT PLANE. It is a unique aircraft in at least two respects.

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Smithsonian Channel - Wings of Honor (2008) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Aug. 23, 2013

Wings of Honor tells the stories of three men who fought in World War II and follows them as they fly to Washington DC to visit a monument built in their honor. They return to a celebration - and that long awaited welcome home.

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BBC Life (TV) (2009) The Complete Series Movies

Posted by Mindsnatcher at Sept. 23, 2015

The BBC version of Life arrives with an at-times breathtaking, altogether stunning 1080p/VC-1 transfer; one that boasts gorgeous colors and remarkable detail, and puts most other nature documentary presentations to shame. Still, comparisons to the series' 1080i Discovery Channel release are the most inevitable and the most unavoidable. Simply put, the differences between the two aren't earth shattering – in some instances, our beloved little "p" may as well stand for "placebo" – but they are notable. There are plenty of scenes and shots in which the tiniest strands of animal hair are crisper, distant foliage is more refined, and the craggly crevices of rocky ravines are more revealing.

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Great American Railroad Journeys (episodes 1-15) (2016) (BBC Two) Movies

Posted by TestTickles at Feb. 19, 2016

Great American Railroad Journeys is a documentary television series on BBC Two hosted by Michael Portillo, who had done two documentaries series before this, Great British Railway Journeys and Great Continental Railway Journeys throughout Europe. This time, he travels to the United States to take his love of the railways to a new world, discovering things he was not aware of before about the origins of the country. The core of his travels take him from the northeast part of the country to Virginia.

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Бэтмен: мультсериал / Batman: The Animated Series (1992) Movies

Posted by Nealex2 at Aug. 27, 2010

5 сентября 1992 г. Бэт-вселенная была заново рождена: на американских телеэкранах состоялась премьера анимационного шоу “Бэтмен” - Batman: The Animated Series, известного также как BTAS. Созданный мультипликаторами из кинокомпании “Уорнер Бразерс” на волне популярности фильмов Тима Бертона, сериал представлял собой исключительно удачный синтез лучших сюжетных мотивов и стилистических решений многолетней комиксовой и кинематографической “бэтменианы”; даже самые привередливые фаны чувствовали, что на этот раз все сделано “так, как надо”. BTAS завоевал такую популярность, что повлиял на текущую последовательность историй DC, подарив ей новых персонажей и изменив имидж многих уже существовавших…

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