The Winds of Kitty Hawk

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The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978

1h 38m

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Overview

The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.

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25 members

Acting

Michael Moriarty

Wilbur Wright

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David Huffman

Orville Wright

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Tom Bower

William Tate

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Robin Gammell

H.A. Toumlin

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Scott Hylands

Glenn Curtiss

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John Randolph

Alexander Graham Bell

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Kathryn Walker

Kate Wright

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Eugene Roche

Bishop Milton Wright

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John Hoyt

Prof. Samuel Langley

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Joseph Bernard

Mayor of New York

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Lew Brown

Harlan Mumford

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Carole Tru Foster

Agnes Osborne

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Dabbs Greer

Ace Hutchin

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Mo Malone

Elizabeth Mayfield

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Robert Casper

Man

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Tom Lawrence

Doctor

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Ross Durfee

William Howard Taft

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Charles Macaulay

2nd General

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Frank Farmer

Newell

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Steffen Zacharias

Fisherman

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Laurence Haddon

1st General

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Ari Zeltzer

Tom Tate

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Vaughn Armstrong

Reporter

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Marie Todd

Unknown Role

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Gerald Berns

Reporter

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