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23) Noc nad oceanem
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Polish
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"Co się stało na pokładzie Boeinga 314 we wrześniu 1939 roku? Jedno jest pewne ?losy podróżujących tym feralnym lotem splotą się w wyniku intrygi jednego z współpasażerów. Latem 1939 roku firma Pan American otworzyła regularne połączenie lotnicze pomiędzy USA a Europą, obsługiwane przez samoloty typu Boeing 314. Te wielkie łodzie latające, nazywane kliprami, zapewniały pasażerom szybki przelot przez Atlantyk i podróż w komfortowych...
25) Balloon voyage
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Describes how, in 1986, Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand became the first persons ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean by hot air balloon.
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The early years of aviation were marked by a series of firsts. It seemed as if each record-setting flight was quickly surpassed by an even more daring aviation feat. Although uncountable records were made and then broken, one aviation goal captivated everyone's attention, a nonstop flight between Paris and New York. This is the story of the daring feats of three courageous adventurers and their airplanes. Although only one plane could be first, the...
28) L'argent
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Adapted from Émile Zola's novel of the same name, this is loosely based off the 1882 collapse of Union Générale bank, which subsequently crashed the stock market and plunged France into a decade long recession. The story centers on the unscrupulous Nicolas Saccard, played by Pierre Alcover, who makes a bad bet, loses his societal standing and his mistress and tries to recoup it all by backing an aviator with a daredevil plan to cross the Atlantic...
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"Urged by famous airman Ellissen, the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance flights viable. Ellissen is in love with company heiress Claire, but when he returns from his adventures to save the endangered F.P.1 he finds out that he has lost her to Droste"--C.f. Internet movie database (viewed June 22, 2004).
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Climb into the cockpit of an exact replica of the fabled Spirit of St. Louis to experience a riveting, hour-by-hour reenactment of the danger, doubts, and fatigue endured by the young Charles Lindbergh on his record-shattering flights across the Atlantic. From exclusive, rarely-seen archival footage to the high suspense of Lindbergh's down-to-the-wire race against a formidable field of foreign competitors to be first across the Atlantic, it's an unforgettable...
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Cliff Secord, a.k.a. the Rocketeer, has been hired to fly an experimental aircraft in a transatlantic race from New York to Paris. His new employer, the brilliant inventor Professor Delton Nkosi, is desperate to win the coveted prize in the Great Race, no matter the cost. Among Cliff's main competitors are the top female aviator, Debbie Seville, and the ruthless German ace known as the Iron Baron... who is determined to win the prize for the Fatherland...
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English
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Trace the monumental story of a transatlantic flight to the Century of Progress Exposition. In an era when transatlantic travel was still dangerous, Italy caused a sensation by announcing its participation in the upcoming Century of Progress World's Fair would be highlighted by an unprecedented formation flight from Rome to Chicago. Led by renowned aviator Italo Balbo, the squadron of two dozen seaplanes accomplished a daring navigational feat that...
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