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Double Heritage

Richard Gilbert

1959 30 min

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This documentary from the Salute to Flight series links the barnstormers and bush pilots who explored Canada's vast hinterland with the aviation heroes who flew the Bolingbrokes, Ansons, Mosquitoes and Hurricanes of World War II.

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This documentary from the Salute to Flight series links the barnstormers and bush pilots who explored Canada's vast hinterland with the aviation heroes who flew the Bolingbrokes, Ansons, Mosquitoes and Hurricanes of World War II.

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Credits

• director
  Richard Gilbert
  
• producer
  Thomas Farley
  
• executive producer
  Peter Jones
  
• script
  Stuart Nutter
  
  William Weintraub
  
• camera
  John Foster
  
  Ray Jones
  
• sound
  Michel Belaieff
  
  André Hourlier
  
• editing
  Kirk Jones
  
• sound editing
  Kenneth Heeley-Ray
  
  Michael McKennirey
  
• music
  Malca Gillson
  

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Ages 17 to 17

History - Canada 1946-1991
History - World War II

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