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Title:

A wing and a prayer : the story of Carrier X [DVD]/ Twentieth Century Fox ; produced by William A. Bacher and Walter Moroosco ; directed by Henry Hathaway ; story and screenplay by Jerome Cady.

Format:

[DVD]/

Edition:

Full screen version.

Publisher:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

United States.--Navy--Aviation--Drama.
Midway, Battle of, 1942--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean--Drama.
War films.
Feature films.

Other Authors:

Hathaway, Henry, 1898-1985.
Cady, Jerry, -1948.
Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992.
Ameche, Don.
Eythe, William, 1918-1957.
Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967.
Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964.
McEvoy, Renny, 1905-1987.
Jaeckel, Richard, 1926-1997.
Friedhofer, Hugo.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Notes:

Bonus features: theatrical trailer. Originally released as a motion picture in 1944. Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Renny McEvoy, Richard Jaeckel.

Summary:

Film about newly-trained pilots in World War II, their by-the-book leader, and the plans of the U.S. naval leaders to lull the Japanese into a false sense of superiority. Includes actual combat footage.

Series:

Fox war classics

UPC:

024543025375

Locations:

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)