PBS Nova - B29 Frozen in Time (1996)
DVDRip | 710x538 | .MKV/AVC @ 2500 Kbps | 54 min 41 s | 1.04 GiB
Audio: English AC3 224 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary
Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years.
Gleaming like a jewel, this well preserved bomber from World War II rests on the Arctic tundra where it was abandoned when it crash landed in 1947. This plane has long been a legend, and now, facing incredible hardship, a team of adventurers struggle to bring the frozen warbird back to life.
In February 1947, a B-29 bomber nicknamed Kee Bird became lost above the Arctic Circle while on a secret Cold War reconnaissance mission. After crash landing in northern Greenland, the crew was rescued, but the Kee Bird was left behind. Although nearly 4,000 B-29s were built in the 1940s, by 1994 the Kee Bird was one of only a few such planes left in the world.
Its historical significance and well-preserved condition attracted the attention of Darryl Greenamyer, an experienced salvage pilot. After surveying the plane and its location, Greenamyer decided to repair the Kee Bird and fly it back to the United States. He and a team of dedicated enthusiasts take up the impossible challenge of bringing the frozen legend back to life.
NOVA follows bold pilot Darryl Greenamyer and his team on two expeditions to revive Kee Bird and make it fly again in one of the most isolated and harshest environments on Earth– -endurance, improvisation and experience. Despite severe weather illness and difficulties with the shuttle plane in 1994 Greenamyer returns in May 1995 with a larger crew a more reliable shuttle plane and a new plan to bring Kee Bird back to life and back home. An amazing and enthralling story, superbly filmed and documented.
Written, Produced, and Directed by Mike Rossiter ; A Debonair Production Co. Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH in association with Channel Four Television and SVT Sveriges Television
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00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:00:39.039 : Chapter 2
00:11:28.388 : Chapter 3
00:25:52.885 : Chapter 4
00:41:28.519 : Chapter 5
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