Biography - Amelia Earhart (A&E DVD Archives)

"Biography - Amelia Earhart", A & E, NewVideo 1996, ISBN: 0-7670-8068-8. DVD 50 min.A nicely executed biographical depiction of the life and times of Amelia Earhart, an American Sweetheart whose true romance was with airplanes and flying. She quickly became an American icon, establishing first-of-a-kind records in aviation and promoted women's causes, soon garnering world-wide publicity, finding admiration by dignitaries, the rich and famous, and firmly established her mark in history.Calling upon archival film footage admixed with poignant interviews of relatives and friends, the writers forged a convincing biographic portraiture of Amelia as a courageous, enticing young woman who did her own thing, was a poised adventuress with peerless contagious spiritednes, even establishing her own unique fashionable clothing line. Her marriage to George Putnam, publicist and writer, was (perhaps) more as one of convenience than of true love, but it did promote her legendary career and helped her to amass funds for her flying career. Her final and fatal Lockheed Electra flight, which resulted in her mysterious disappearance July 2, 1937, upon departing Lae, had her leaving New Guinea to Howland Isle, enroute to California attempting to circumnavigate the equatorial globe. Some of her shortcomings as pilot in inclement weather demonstrated lessened abilities in radio-navigation and communication skills. After seeing this DVD story you will yearn to read more about the life, the love and the times of this aviatrix

Because it was hot outside on the day I was visiting Washington DC I suggested to my friend to cool off at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and we took some time to check out the interesting bits. Amelia Earhart was one of the important personalities shown there, so I was wanting to check out if there was any kind of documentary available and found this by History Channel, which is always very educational. Was very pleased to watch this.

This is a good video biography. Contained very little I did not already know about Amelia Earhart, but was forthright , no "hype" or glamourizing of Amelia. The photo & film strip quality is very good considering the age of the material.

This disc is an exact duplicate of another I purchased under a different cover. It is too brief. I wish there was a much more complete coverage of her earlier life.

AS a retired airline pilot and history buff I really enjoyed seeing the actual footage of her and her airplane. I just attended a lecture by archeologist Thomas F. King. He co-wrote "Amelia Earhart's Shoes". He is fairly certain that Amelia and Fred died on an island south of Howland. If you like this DVD the book will put an ending to the story.

Knew most but also learned some new things about this woman. A must have for anyone that is still intrigued by this woman and her life. They may never find out what happened to her and co-pilot but wouldn’t we all love to know.

This DVD fit into my DVD players,and I have been watching it many times.It was interesting story!I began to like Amelia Earhart when I saw a serie on TV with Women aventures on TV,and Amelia was special to me,and I loved it!Elisabeth

My grown son & I spent Thanksgiving in Kansas a couple years ago and visited Amelia Earhart's birthplace and so I had a renewed interest in her story.This is really great and I've lent it to several friends.