Find out what really happened at the 1973 Paris air show, where both the Anglo-French Concorde and the Soviets' similarly designed TU-144 took off in a supersonic debut. What caused the Soviet plane to nose-dive and explode in mid-air with the whole world watching--killing its crew, eight civilians and any chance for the plane's commercial success? Why have neither the French nor the Russian government ever issued a full report? Here's a true tale of cold war espionage that has all the makings of a world-class intrigue.
1 videocassette (approximately 60 min.) : 1/2 in
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Narrator: Will Lyman
Cinematographers, Jonathan Harrison [and others] ; editors, Rod Iverson, Eric Handey ; music, Ray Loring
Originally broadcast as part of the television series NOVA