The Last African Flying Boat

Name: The Last African Flying Boat
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1990-01-07
Rating: 7

7.0(1)

1h 14m

1990

Released

en

Documentary

Overview

For the first time in 40 years African skies resound to the roar of a flying boat. Alexander Frater boards a wartime Catalina in search of the romance and adventure of Imperial Airways' legendary route from Cairo to the Cape - down the White Nile to the Rift Valley lakes of Kenya and on to the astonishing Ilha de Mocambique - the forgotten jewel of the Indian Ocean.

Release Date

January 7, 1990

Production

BBC TV, ABC/Kane Productions International

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1 person

Alexander Frater

Self - Presenter

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