Michael Moriarty David Huffman Tom Bower Scott Hylands
Music by
Charles Bernstein
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
Production
Executive producer
Charles Fries
Producer
Lawrence Schiller
Cinematography
Dennis Dalzell
Editor
John A. Martinelli
Running time
98 minutes
Production company
Charles Fries Productions
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
December 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.
^The Winds of Kitty Hawk; kinotv.com
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