JET PILOT | From Arctic Cold to Tropics—In Hours? | National Film Board of Canada

A film showing how the introduction of jet travel changed traditional ideas of space and time. The jet pilot in this film sped from northern cold to tropical heat in only a few hours. The film is a dramatic illustration of how high speed-travel shrinks the world and brings people together.

Directed by Joseph Koenig - 1964 | 17 min

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