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The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Written byWilliam Kelley
Jeb Rosebrook
Directed byE.W. Swackhamer
StarringMichael Moriarty
David Huffman
Tom Bower
Scott Hylands
Music byCharles Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerCharles Fries
ProducerLawrence Schiller
CinematographyDennis Dalzell
EditorJohn A. Martinelli
Running time98 minutes
Production companyCharles Fries Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseDecember 17, 1978 (1978-12-17)
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The Winds of Kitty Hawk is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film directed by E. W. Swackhamer about the Wright brothers and their invention of the first successful powered heavier-than-air flying machine, the Wright Flyer.[1] It's a tribute to the brothers and was broadcast on December 17, 1978, the 75th anniversary of their famous 1903 first aeroplane flight. It is one of several made-for-television films about historical people in aviation produced in the 1970s, including The Amazing Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart, and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case.

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