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Transpacific Flight, the Glossary

Index Transpacific Flight

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

  1. 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.

  2. Aerial photography
  3. Canadian Pacific Air Lines
  4. Documentary films about Canada
  5. Documentary films about aviation
  6. 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

Canadian Pacific Air Lines

Documentary films about Canada

Documentary films about aviation

Films shot in Canada

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpacific_Flight