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Aces: A Story of the First Air War
19931 h 32 min 32 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Raoul Fox
Production: George PearsonDennis MurphyColin Neale
Script: George Pearson
World War I was the first war in which aviators played a part. What was it really like to manoeuvre the first aircraft in battle? How did aerial strategy and tactics evolve throughout the war? And what about the amazing development of aeronautical technology within a few short years? Using rarely-seen archival footage, Aces chronicles the wartime career of a Canadian airman, providing a first-hand glimpse of the war, which broke out just 11 years after the Wright brothers pioneered the flying machine.
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Subject categories
- War, Conflict and Peace > MilitarismWorld War I
- Transportation > Military Aircraft and Airfields
Credits
- director
- Raoul Fox
- editing
- Raoul Fox
- producer
- George Pearson
- script
- George Pearson
- executive producer
- Dennis Murphy
- Colin Neale
- George Pearson
- cinematography
- Savas Kalogeras
- sound
- Ismaël Cordeiro
- sound editing
- Wojtek Klis
- re-recording
- Shelley Craig
- Terry Mardini
- narrator
- Bill McNeil
- George Pearson
- music
- Larry Crosley
Awards
- People's Choice Award (tied with Hang Gliding and Paragliding by Wayne Bergman and B-52 Giant in the Sky by Tom McArthur)International Aviation Film/Video Festival
- Silver CINDY AwardItinerant - International CINDY Competition
- Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Social Issues International Film and Video Festival