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FLYING KITES: HOLDING HANDS WITH THE WIND (TV)
FLYING KITES: HOLDING HANDS WITH THE WIND (TV)
Summary
In this half-hour program from local Binghamton, New York, station WBNG-TV, narrator Heather Vogler examines the history of kite flying. Highlights include the following: a history of kites, with mentions of ancient Chinese use of kites, kite festivals in Japan, kites arriving in Europe, Benjamin Franklin, kites in the 19th century , Alexander Graham Bell, weather kites, and Guglielmo Marconi; the annual Washington, D.C., National Kite Festival; kite flying as a family activity; Airborne Concepts, Ltd., a kite store; kite-making instructions; why kites fly; and publications and organizations devoted to kites. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: WBNG-TV
- DATE: May 30, 1985 7:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: T87:0285
- GENRE: Children's
- SUBJECT HEADING: Children's programs; NATPE Collection; Kites
- SERIES RUN: WBNG (Binghamton, NY) - TV, 1985
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- John S. Mucha … Executive Producer
- Joseph Giovenco … Producer, Writer
- Andreas Vollenmeide … Composer, "White Winds", "Behind the Gardens"
- Heather Vogler … Narrator
- Benjamin Franklin
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Guglielmo Marconi