Silver wings and Santiago blue

Duration: 59

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1979

Creator: Adams-King Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: sound

Description: This film tells the remarkable but little known story of the 1100 WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots) who flew transport and target missions during World War II. Hired as civil servants, the women were never granted military status and the program was terminated in 1944, a year prior to the end of the war. Using wartime footage, newreels, and film shot at Congressional hearings and pilot reunions, the film records a forgotten page in U.S. military history. , Deals with the U.S. Women's Air Service Pilots, a group of 1,000 American women who flew every type of assignment except combat during World War II. Uses archival footage to explore the accomplishments of the WASP. Directed and produced by Nelson Adams.

Complete Record: This film tells the remarkable but little known story of the 1100 WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots) who flew transport and target missions during World War II. Hired as civil servants, the women were never granted military status and the program was terminated in 1944, a year prior to the end of the war. Using wartime footage, newreels, and film shot at Congressional hearings and pilot reunions, the film records a forgotten page in U.S. military history. , Deals with the U.S. Women's Air Service Pilots, a group of 1,000 American women who flew every type of assignment except combat during World War II. Uses archival footage to explore the accomplishments of the WASP. Directed and produced by Nelson Adams.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.