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Routine Flight
''Routine Flight'' is a 1955 Canadian short documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the '' On The Spot'' series made specifically for television. The documentary, directed by Gordon Burwash, involved an account of a visit to a Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) maintenance centre while it is involved in transitioning to a new type of airliner. ''Routine Flight'' is based on first-person interviews of the staff at the maintenance centre and flight crew on a test flight.Allan, Blaine"CBC Television Series, 1952–1982." ''Queen's Film and Media'' ( Queen's University). Retrieved: 20 January 2016. Synopsis In 1955, Winnipeg Airport is one of the main bases of Trans-Canada Air Lines, housing the airline's largest maintenance centre. One of the main functions of the base is to overhaul piston and jet engines in an engine shop as part of a complex system of operational and maintenance routines that underline the safe operation of each TCA aircraft. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant McLean (film Producer)
Grant McLean, CM (April 7, 1921 – December 19, 2002) was a Canadian film director and producer. For most of his professional career he worked with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), serving as its acting Commissioner for a period during the 1960s. McLean was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. His father Allan Grant McLean was a grain commissioner and Liberal Party politician, and his uncle Ross McLean also served as chairman of the NFB. McLean studied at the University of Toronto, before joining the NFB in 1941 as a cameraman. One of the notable productions he worked on during World War II was the documentary ''Target Berlin'' for the ''Canada Carries On'' series, which showed the building of the first Lancaster bomber to be made in Canada, with McLean later flying in the plane to capture footage of a bombing raid over Berlin in Germany. He became a film director in 1947, with his first production in this capacity being ''The People Between'', a documentary about the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |