| Edition |
Widescreen version. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Tom Skerritt ; voice of Pancho Barnes, Kathy Bates. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Clay Westervelt ; editor, Monique Zavistovski. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround. |
| Note |
Contains extended version (65 min.) and broadcast version (57 min.). |
| Summary |
"The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club profiles one of the most colorful and accomplished female pilots of the early 20th century. Florence "Pancho" Barnes became the first female stunt pilot in Hollywood in 1929 and shattered Amelia Earhart's air speed record in 1930. In the 1940's and 50's, Pancho entertained the best test pilots in the world -- men with the right stuff -- at her "Happy Bottom Riding Club" guest ranch near Edwards Air Force Base. When Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the rocket-powered Bell X-1 in 1947, he and his team partied with Pancho. A friend of the fast and the famous, Pancho Barnes was a swaggering, forceful woman whose exploits and accomplishements are truly the stuff of legend." -- Container. |
| Contents |
Bonus features: Broadcast version with commentary from writer/producer Nick Spark and director Amanda Pope -- Additional scenes -- Interview of Poncho by Don Kuhns -- Study guide. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Barnes, Pancho, 1901-1975.
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Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Happy Bottom Riding Club.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Spark, Nick T.
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Pope, Amanda C.
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Bates, Kathy, 1948-
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Skerritt, Tom.
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Nick Spark Productions LLC.
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| Added Title |
Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club |
| Standard No. |
827377000507 |
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