Wings of Victory 1941
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The film is based on the biography of Valeri Chkalov (1904 - 1938), a Russian pilot, who set several long distance flight records. Chkalov and his co-pilots Baidukov and Belyakov together had accomplished several non-stop long-distance flights. In June of 1937 Chkalov set the world record, covering 12000 kilometers in 63 hours of non-stop flight from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington, flying over the North Pole.
- Released: 1941-03-12
- Runtime: 89 minutes
- Genre: Drama, War
- Stars: Vladimir Belokurov, Mikhail Gelovani, Semyon Mezhinsky, Kseniya Tarasova, Vasili Vanin
- Director: Georgi Bajdukov, Boris Chirskov, Dmitri Tarasov, Mikhail Kalatozov, Yakov Antselovich
