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The
Flying Fleet
(1929)
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This MGM action-romance drama, directed by George Hill, stars Ramon Novarro and Anita Page, with Ralph Graves, Edward Nugent, Carroll Nye, Sumner Getchell, Gardner James and Alfred Allen.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2010 DVD edition
The Flying Fleet (1929), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-22720-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 7.5 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 12 January 2010.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 5 / additional content: 0 / overall: 6.
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This DVD-R edition has been transferred from a very-good 35mm duplicate print, as originally prepared for telecast on Turner Classic Movies. The material may originate from a foreign-language print as the main title and the intertitles have all been recreated. The resulting picture has not been digitally stabilized and has its fair share of speckling, dust, emulsion scuffing, occasional vertical scratches, and other print flaws.
The film is accompanied by its original synchronized monaural soundtrack of music and sound effects.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION through . . .
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 Sinister Cinema
2024 DVD edition
The Flying Fleet (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, AA151, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.95.
Release date: 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm print.
The film is accompanied by its original synchronized monaural soundtrack of music and sound effects.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era RAMON NOVARRO films available on home video.
Other AVIATION FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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