
In the incredibly short span of just 11 years, mankind leaped from the first whoosh of motorized flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903 into a strategic combat application during World War I in 1914. This high-flying, five-part documentary chronicles the rapid rise of air power and it's many innovations developed between 1900 and 1945-complete with rare, never-before-seen footage. 2009/color-b&w/4 hrs., 19 min/PGfullscreen.