The twenty-third world championship match for builders of free-flight model aircraft, held at Goteborg, Sweden, in July 1971, in which a Canadian team competed. The film follows the successful flights and the failures, as competitors attempt to get their fragile handmade craft airborne by whatever means. (Award: Milan)
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ACMI Identifier
313638
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Italy - Milan - Awards
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes - Models
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Flight
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Competition (Psychology)
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Airplanes - Models
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)