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NOVA: The Blimp is Back!

Nova (1990)

Documentary | United States

Director: Kirk Wolfinger, Sarah Holt

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SEASON: 17

EPISODE: 14 - The Blimp is Back!

SYNOPSIS

NOVA examines the troubled past and promising future of blimps, zeppelins, cyclocranes and other species of airships. There's life in the old gasbags yet.

Actors

Voice: Eriq La Salle, Kay Tong Lim, Yu Beng Lim, Timothy Nga, Gerald Chew, Dan Ziskie, Craig S. Wollman, Patrice Donnell

Writer: Julia Cort, Joseph McMaster

Narrator: Will Lyman, Neil Ross

RUNTIME: 55 min

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