Features more than a dozen helicopters in a series of pulse-pounding adventures that demonstrates the many roles these powerful aircraft play in our lives. Fly along with skilled helicopter crew as they carry out sea and mountain rescues, apprehend drug smugglers, repair high voltage lines, save endangered animals, deliver huminatarian aid, and undertake a reconnaisance mission.

Learn how helicopters are flown!

Bonus Features:
Taking off: Behind the scenes of
                STRAIGHT UP! HELICOPTERS IN ACTION
Director's Commentary
Careers in Action

Movie Info:
Director and Photographer: David Douglas
Narrated by Martin Sheen
Language: English
Running Time: 84 minutes
Year: 2002

STRAIGHT UP! HELICOPTERS IN ACTION.  A film for the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, produced by SK Films, Inc.