Search - The American Experience: The Wright Stuff on DVD

Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 08/27/2002 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 0 mins Studio: Shanachie Members Wishing: 2 Genres: History, Science & Technology, Biography, Social History, Vehicles & Transportation, Inventions & Innovations See Also: American Experience: The Wright Stuff

Written, produced, and directed by Nancy Porter, this documentary chronicles how the eccentric Wright brothers overcame their own sibling bickering and the skepticism of the world to build the first successful flying machine. As Tom Crouch of the National Air and Space Museum explains in an interview, "They weren't college graduate engineers, but at the same time, they were two of the best engineers working in the world at the time." Highlights include footage of a replica of the Wright brothers' plane built by Rick and Sue Young and flown at Kitty Hawk by Jacqueline Young and David Young. Narrated by Garrison Keillor. David McCullough hosts this program, which originally aired as an episode of the Emmy award-winning PBS series The American Experience. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide

This documentary about the Wright brothers comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this release should be of value to any history buff. Teachers may find this title of use in a classroom setting. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide