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Ruth Law thrills a nation

Mannucci, Mark. (Added Author). Burton, LeVar (Added Author). Brown, Don, 1949- Ruth Law thrills a nation. (Added Author). Lancit Media Productions (Added Author). Great Plains National Instructional Television Library. (Added Author). WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.) (Added Author).

Summary: Host LeVar Burton introduces the book Ruth Law thrills a nation by Don Brown, which describes the record-breaking flight of a daring woman pilot from Chicago to New York in 1916. Also shows film clips of other pioneering women pilots, including Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart, and Jackie Cochran, and shows a modern 17-year-old black girl demonstrating how she has learned to fly a plane.

Item details

Physical Description: videorecording
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Lincoln, NE. : Distributed by GPN, 2004.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"Product no. 126.110D" --on disc surface. Based on the book of the same title. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Kevin Lombard ; editors, Michael Chomet, Rick Fernandes ; narrator, Linda Lavin ; music, Steve Horelick, Oasis Music Inc.
System Details Note:	DVD.