A boy has an adventure through the reading of a book, one that takes him in a helicopter to the airport. There he checks in, boards his jet airliner, and takes off. No trouble at all, it seems. But then the film takes us back to watch the scores of people who work together to make this take-off possible.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
000222
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work groups
Childrens Films → Children 6-12
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airports
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Flight
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor and laboring classes - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Dreams
Magic, Occult & Supernatural → Dreams
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)