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Welcome
to the newsletter about:
Breaking Through The Clouds: The First
Women's National Air Derby (BTTC).
December is a month when emails, catalogs, and
commercials overwhelm us as we get ready for the holidays. In the midst of the
chaos, I hope everyone can take a few moments to relax and enjoy the season.
Maybe take time to read the newsletter below, talk to a neighbor, have lunch
with a friend or watch your favorite documentary.
Perhaps you can even
take time to listen to a story from someone you know but never had the time to
truly hear (a grandparent/parent, a veteran, a co-worker, etc). You never know
how someone else's life story might inspire your own.
However you choose
to spend your holidays, I hope beautiful memories are created and fantastic
stories are shared.
Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2013 to
all.
Producer of the Award-Winning documentary
Breaking Through the Clouds: The First Women's National Air
Derby. An Archetypal Images Production.
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BTTC
WINS THE GOLD
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I attended
the TIVA-DC Peer Awards at the National Press Club
in Washington DC last
month and was thrilled when BTTC won the Peer Gold for Best Documentary. TIVA is
the Television, Internet, Video Association.
BTTC
was also chosen as one of the five top finalists across all genres for Best of
DC. This is really special since the winners are chosen by those within the
industry. Thank you to all the TIVA members for their votes and show of
confidence in BTTC!
You can learn more about the award and see
other winners at
the following link:
http://www.tivadc.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1446985
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| Heather winning the Gold, standing with Rob Henninger of
Henninger Media
Serviices |
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Top Content and Top Research
Award
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In addition to the Peer Gold Award,
I was recently informed that the BTTC website and blog received Top Content
Award and Top Research Award from SnippetFact.com. I am proud of the research
invested in BTTC so it means a lot to receive this recognition. Thanks to
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| Holiday Giving & Reciprocity |
While I am thrilled for each DVD sold, I am most thankful when
someone lets me know the film has touched them or someone they know in a
positive way. This is a gift back to me. Hopefully, in some small way, the
momentum builds and the story(s) from the film inspires one to take a step
towards their dreams, follow a passion, encourage others to do the same or maybe
just lift someone's spirit for the day. This ripple affect is reciprocity - or
in ad slogan talk, "the gift that keeps giving." Not only does it give back but
it gives forward.
This is, at the core, what gift giving is about. So
this holiday season, a genuine thank you to all who have expressed support and
for the gift of reciprocity. Please feel free to email me your stories of
following a passion and how it invokes reciprocity. Happy
Holidays.
Sincerely,
Heather Taylor
*From Chris B. in
Arizona:
"I finally got a chance to watch
your film Breaking Through The Clouds and WE LOVED IT! I watched it with my 11
year old daughter and my mother. I am so glad you included so much detail and in
depth interviews, etc. Makes it so interesting. I am an aviation nerd and I
learned a lot from the show. I did not know a great deal about that era nor
about several of those individual pilots. We really enjoyed it and liked how you
took each one and explained their lives and brought them to life. Those women
are so admirable and daring. And they looked like they just LOVED to fly,
that's what makes it so neat. You did a brilliant job. My daughter's "heroes" are mostly celebs.. now she
really thinks Louise Thaden and Ruth Elder are cool. Thanks for
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| Color Me Red: A few Corrections |
In a previous newsletter I mentioned the color correction process and
inadvertently wrote Ted Snavely's last name incorrectly (it is correct here). My
apologies to Ted. Fortunately it is correct in the film credits!
Also,
Dorothy Cochrane, curator at the National Air & Space Museum clarified some
information from my last newsletter about Anne Morrow Lindbergh and the "Bird":
"Charles did buy a Bird for Anne but in August of 1930; he taught her
to fly in it (he flew it a lot too), and she received her license in it on June
4, 1931...They flew to the Races in Aug. of 1929 in a deHavilland
Moth.
Anne's very first flight was in a Ford Tri-Motor with Charles in
Mexico City in Dec. 1927; he took her and her family up for a ride when he
visited there - her father was the American ambassador and he was on his Central
American tour in the Spirit. That's how they met."
Thanks for the
information Dorothy! I'm so glad some of you are actually reading what I write
and keeping me on track!
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Thank You &
Ways to Help
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BTTC has only been able to succeed because of individual support! It is
very much a grassroots effort so I appreciate every single comment, thumbs up,
mention and email I receive. It truly keeps me going to know the film touches
lives in some positive way.
If you would like to help me keep it going, here are just a few simple
(and free) ideas that can make a big difference:
- Post a positive comment (or thumbs up) on youtube underneath the BTTC clip
- Become a Fan of BTTC Face Book Page
- Follow me on Twitter
- Forward these newsletters, and/or sign up for my blog
- Introduce me to contacts who might be interested in screening BTTC
All links for the social media are below. You can also mention
BTTC in your own blog, article, podcast or to friends and colleagues. Of
course there are a myriad of other ways to help as well. The sky's the limit! If
the film has touched you in some way, please feel free to email and let me know.
As always, thank you!
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| Quick Links for BTTC
Social Media |
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| Consider BTTC as a Gift this Holiday
Season! |
"For the
aviation history buff on your holiday list, you can't go wrong with this
documentary.
Plus, the producer is a tremendous inspiration to all of us
(to) strive for greatness.
Pick this movie up and gift it to someone
special - they'll not only enjoy the visuals, but learn a lot about some
fascinating aviators!"*An
unsolicited comment above from fan David S. sharing BTTC on Facebook.
Thank
you, David!
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This Award Winning Documentary is
available on DVD. For more information, please visit:
http://breakingthroughtheclouds.com
The inspiring true
story of 20 women who raced across America in 1929.
Follow along as headline aviatrixes Amelia
Earhart, Pancho Barnes, Phoebe Omlie, Bobbi Trout, Louise Thaden and other well
known women pilots of the era race across the country in the summer of
1929.
Breaking Through The Clouds: The First
Women's National Air Derby provides over two hours of captivating viewing. The
women's personalities shine through with original footage from the derby,
much of which has not been seen in over eighty years.
Beautiful and colorful aerial recreations
place the viewer in the pilot's seat.
Interviews with legendary
aviatrixes
Elinor Smith Sullivan, and Patty Wagstaff, noted aviation
historians, and family members of the original pilots
help bring the story
alive.
Included are 23 minutes of bonus
material discussing the challenges
the women faced during the race, what the women wore and more information about
the planes & navigation in 1929.
Available
at: http://breakingthroughtheclouds.com BTTC Cost $30 plus S&H
*Note:For those who do not
like
to order on-line or use pay
pal,you
may fill out this order form
and
mail a check:
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What is Breaking Through The
Clouds: The First Women's National Air Derby?
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Breaking Through The Clouds:
The
First Women's National Air Derby
is
an award-winning
documentary about Amelia Earhart and 19 other brave pilots who defied
convention by taking to the skies and racing across the country for the first
Women's National Air Derby.
With just a
compass and a road map to guide them, they faced cultural
stereotypes, mechanical failures, threats of sabotage, navigational challenges
and endless chicken dinners. The women persevered and
became pioneering legends in aviation. Their story is inspiring to
anyone who has the courage to follow their own dreams.
Producer Heather Taylor had a calling to tell this inspiring story in
the hopes of helping others to find the courage to search for their own path.
While Heather hasn't had to deal with the endless chicken dinners like the women
in the derby did, she does face the challenges of an an independent artist. By
spreading the word and supporting the film, you are helping Heather and other
struggling artists reach for the sky in their own way and work towards breaking
through the clouds. Thank you.
Heather Taylor, Executive
Producer
Archetypal Images,
LLC
http://breakingthroughtheclouds.com |
| Amelia Earhart Quote |
No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads
to another. Good example is followed.
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions,
and the roots spring up and make new trees.
The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it
makes them kind themselves....
Amelia Earhart
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| BTTC T-shirts Available |
Did you know the logo on the t shirts is based on one of the trophies won
in the 1929 Derby? You can briefly make out the trophy in the footage on race
day in BTTC.
Black BTTC AND white BTTC t-shirts
are available for purchase. Below is what the front of a black t-shirt
looks like. The back has breakingthroughtheclouds.com written in the top middle
part. If you would like a t-shirt, send me an email. The cost is $20
plus postage. Heather@breakingthroughtheclou ds.com.
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BTTC T-shirt (black). White T-shirts with
a black Logo are also available.
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*PLEASE NOTE: If you haven't heard a response within
a week, chances are
I did not receive the email.
You may call me at
865-242-7551 to follow up, though my preference is
email first so I can keep track of the order. Thank
you.
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Old Cover DVD's on
Sale
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I still have some DVDs with the old cover featured. Despite the
old cover,
a couple spelling errors in the
opening quote and a missing
credit,
the film is the same as what is
sold now. I am selling these
copies
for $20 plus shipping. If interested, send an email to
Heather@
breakingthroughtheclouds.com and
we can work out the
details.
Thank you.
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