Transpacific Flight, the Glossary
Transpacific Flight is a 1953 Canadian short documentary film, part of the On The Spot series made specifically for television, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: Aleutian Islands, Bernard Devlin (director), Canada Carries On, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Pacific Air Lines, CBC Television, Douglas DC-6, Fred Davis (broadcaster), Haneda Airport, International Date Line, National Film Board of Canada, Non-stop flight, On the Spot (Canadian TV series), Point of no return, Queen's University at Kingston, Shemya, Short film, The World in Action, Vancouver International Airport.
- Aerial photography
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines
- Documentary films about Canada
- Documentary films about aviation
- Films shot in Canada
Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands (Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi aliat, or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, larger volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones.
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Bernard Devlin (director)
Joseph Bernard Devlin (2 September 1923 – 1 January 1983) was a French-Canadian film director, producer, and writer who played an important role in the development of French-language film production at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
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Canada Carries On
Canada Carries On (French: En avant Canada) was a series of short films by the National Film Board of Canada which ran from 1940 to 1959.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.
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Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Canadian Pacific Air Lines was a Canadian airline that operated from 1942 to 1987.
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CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.
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Douglas DC-6
The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958.
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Fred Davis (broadcaster)
Fred Davis (10 August 1921 – 5 July 1996) was a Canadian broadcaster, best known as host of the CBC Television programme Front Page Challenge for nearly all of its 38-year run.
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Haneda Airport
, sometimes referred to as Tokyo-Haneda, is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Narita International Airport (NRT).
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International Date Line
The International Date Line (IDL) is the line between the South and North Poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next.
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National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor.
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Non-stop flight
A non-stop flight is a flight by an aircraft with no intermediate stops.
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On the Spot (Canadian TV series)
On the Spot was the first television series made specifically for TV by the National Film Board of Canada, and aired on CBC Television from 1953 to 1955.
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Point of no return
The point of no return (PNR or PONR) is the point beyond which one must continue on one's current course of action because turning back is no longer possible, being too dangerous, physically difficult, or prohibitively expensive to be undertaken.
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Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario), commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Shemya
Shemya or Simiya (Samiyax̂) is a small island in the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands chain in the Aleutian Islands archipelago southwest of Alaska, at.
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Short film
A short film is a film with a low running time.
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The World in Action
The World in Action (aka World in Action) was a monthly series of propaganda films from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), created to boost morale and show the Allied war effort during the Second World War. Transpacific Flight and the World in Action are Canadian short documentary films.
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Vancouver International Airport
Vancouver International Airport is an international airport located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, serving the city of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland region.
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See also
Aerial photography
- ARGUS-IS
- Aerial archaeology
- Aerial image library
- Aerial photograph interpretation (geology)
- Aerial photographic and satellite image interpretation
- Aerial photography
- Aerial video
- Aero Pictorial
- Aerofilms
- Air-to-air photography
- Aircraft Operating Company
- Astrocam
- Atmospheric correction
- Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
- California Coastal Records Project
- Challenger: An Industrial Romance
- DelFly
- Dronestagram
- Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition
- Flight 6 (film)
- Gorgon Stare
- Ground sample distance
- Helicopter Canada
- Hunting Aerosurveys
- Maul Camera Rocket
- Microsoft Research Maps
- National Agriculture Imagery Program
- National Collection of Aerial Photography
- Nixie (drone)
- Pictometry
- Pigeon photography
- Terraserver.com
- The National Map
- TopoFlight
- Transpacific Flight
- Trimetrogon
- Wide-area motion imagery
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines
- D'Alton Corry Coleman
- Transpacific Flight
Documentary films about Canada
- A Place to Stand (film)
- Arctic Mission: The Great Adventure
- Canada '67
- Canada Far and Wide
- Challenger: An Industrial Romance
- Finding Farley
- Flight 6 (film)
- Global Air Routes
- Helicopter Canada
- Inside Fighting Canada
- O Canada! (film)
- Portrait of Canada
- Proudly She Marches
- Radar Station (film)
- Routine Flight
- Royal Journey
- The Grasslands Project
- Trains of Winnipeg
- Transpacific Flight
- Wings of Youth (1940 film)
- You Are Here (2018 film)
Documentary films about aviation
- Air Force, Incorporated
- Blake (film)
- Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth
- Challenger: An Industrial Romance
- Flying Padre
- Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project
- Global Air Routes
- Helicopter Canada
- Helicopter String Quartet
- I Want to Be a Pilot
- Iron Maiden: Flight 666
- Kukan
- One Six Right
- Routine Flight
- Smiling in a War Zone
- The Aviators of Hudson Strait
- The Blue Angels (film)
- The Defender (1989 film)
- The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
- The Flying Doctors of East Africa
- The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
- The Old Bus
- The Restorers
- The Saga of the Franklin
- The Secret Land
- The Sun Ship Game
- The Wright Stuff (film)
- This Mechanical Age
- Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience
- To Fly!
- Tomorrow We Fly
- Transpacific Flight
- Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines
- Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine
- Wings Over Everest
- Wings of Mercy
- Wings of Youth (1940 film)
- Wings of a Continent
- With Byrd at the South Pole
Films shot in Canada
- All Fun and Games
- Arasatchi
- Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer
- Ashke
- Being Canadian
- Canada '67
- Canada Far and Wide
- Challenger: An Industrial Romance
- Close to You (2023 film)
- Deathstalker (upcoming film)
- Doctor Zhivago (film)
- Eastern Condors
- Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson
- Elektra (2005 film)
- Festival Express
- Finding Farley
- Fire Twister
- Flight 6 (film)
- Global Air Routes
- Helicopter Canada
- Hello, Love, Again
- Hollywood North
- I Love Desi
- Kanchana 3
- Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
- Lost Boys: The Tribe
- Nethraa
- Nova Zembla (film)
- O Canada! (film)
- Panchatanthiram
- Prime Cut
- Saviour of the Soul II
- Seven Years in Tibet (1997 film)
- Sicko
- Singam II
- Singh vs Kaur
- Tasmanian Devils (film)
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (film)
- The Savage Innocents
- The Survivors Club (film)
- Transpacific Flight
- White Wilderness (film)
- Wings of Youth (1940 film)
- Yaariyan (2008 film)
- Yogi (2007 film)