The Tuskegee airmen
By: Rubicon Productions ; produced and directed by W. Drew Perkins, Bill Reifenberger ; written by Bill Reifenberger
Contributors: Davis, Ossie; Rubicon Productions (Baltimore, Md.); PBS Home Video; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher: PBS Home Video; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Alexandria, VA]; Hollywood, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 57
ISBN-13: 9781415701133
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; American Aerial operations; African American Participation; Race relations; African American fighter pilots; History; Tuskegee Airmen; United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd; United States; United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th
Other titles: Tuskegee airmen, they fought two wars
Work titles: Tuskegee airmen (Television program : 2002)
Description: The story of an experiment -- "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat." These pilots, trained in the "deep South," became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They had to battle on 2 fronts: the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home.

The story of an experiment "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat". These pilots, trained in the deep South, became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They battled on two fronts: against the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home.
Notes: Originally broadcast in 2002 on Alabama Public Television; nationwide on PBS in 2003.

Narrated by Ossie Davis; director of photography, Marcus Smith ; editor, W. Drew Perkins, Bill Reifenberger ; music, Adrienne Penebre, Peter Penebre.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC; region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby surround stereo.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Coming home; title: The battle for the right to fight; title: Welcome to Tuskegee; title: Learning to fly; title: Winning their wings; title: Trial by fire; title: Victory for the red tails; title: An everlasting legacy.; title: dmmc