The Sky Pirates (Captioned)

United Kingdom, 1985

Film
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When their model plane crashes at the Aero Club, Mike and Harry are befriended by ex-pilot, Charlie Bradford, and his niece, Maggie, who teach them to fly radio controlled planes. Charlie invites them to the test flight of his new long distance aircraft which is later stolen. When they learn that a diamond has been stolen from the French State Museum, they realise the plane is to be used to smuggle the diamond out of the country.

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Credits

producer

Children's Film Foundation

Duration

01:17:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300037

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Closed captioning

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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