主演：约翰·特拉沃尔塔,乌玛·瑟曼,文斯·沃恩,塞德里克·凯尔斯,
导演：F·加里·格雷,
简介：奇利·帕尔默（约翰·特拉沃尔塔 John Travolta 饰）曾经是混迹黑道的嚣张人物，不过黑道混久了，或许是因为厌倦，很多人开始洗白自己，找份体面的工作，得到社会的认可。奇利也不例外，从黑道退役后，他摇身变作好莱坞电影制片人，纯熟的社交手段使他的事业蒸蒸日上，名气大增，尝到甜头的奇利开始进军乐坛。他找来一位开唱片公司的朋友，不料朋友却意外死亡，奇利只好寄望于这位朋友的妻子艾迪（乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰），艾迪也是个狠角色，两人磨合良久才达成共识，决意捧红一名有着优异音乐天赋的黑人女孩琳达，然而事情却并非想象中顺利，琳达的经纪人为了留住琳达，使尽刁钻权术，而更令人意想不到的是，琳达竟然同时在被俄罗斯的黑手党秘密追杀。面对混乱的局面，已金盆洗手的奇利是否要重操旧业，摆平一切呢？本片为1995年经典喜剧片《黑道之家》续集，改编自畅销作家艾尔蒙·里欧纳德（Elmore Leonard）的同名小说。©豆瓣
主演：卡梅隆·迪亚兹,托马斯·简,克里斯蒂娜·艾伯盖特,塞尔玛·布莱尔,杰森·贝特曼
导演：罗杰·昆宝
简介：克里斯蒂娜（（卡梅隆·迪亚茨 Cameron Diaz 饰））与好姐妹简（塞尔玛·布莱尔 Selma Blair 饰）和康妮（克里斯蒂娜·艾伯盖特 Christina Applegate 饰）常常出入各大酒吧与夜总会，在克里斯蒂娜的眼里，没有她搞不定的男人，她深知自己魅力无穷，也十分享受被帅哥俊男包围和簇拥的快感，但同时她也明白，那些为了自己的容貌和身材神魂颠倒的男人们没有一个值得自己托付终身。一次偶然中，克里斯蒂娜结识了名叫彼得（托马斯·简 Thomas Jane 饰）的男子，对于克里斯蒂娜风情万种的热烈攻势，他居然视而不见很快就拍屁股走了人。第一次尝到失败滋味的克里斯蒂娜燃起了斗志，她不相信彼得真的对自己无动于衷。在姐妹们的帮助下，一场男女之间的猫鼠游戏就此展开，与此同时，真爱也悄悄降临到了她们的头上。
主演：Ava,Ro,Jensen,Gering,David,S.,Jung
导演：内详
简介：AnewlyblendedfamilyandtwopolaroppositestepsiblingsnamedErinandAaronwhocometogetherthroughmusic.
主演：内详
导演：Zach,Parrish
简介：迪士尼新一部动画短片曝光：《超能陆战队》动画总监Zach Parrish执导和编剧的《Us Again》。该片也公布剧照，美丽的夜晚。讲述一个老年男子Art和他有一颗年轻的心的妻子Dot的故事，他们在一个魔法般的晚上，通过舞蹈找回了自己一生的热情。这部时长约6分钟的短片没有台词，将通过舞蹈和funk和soul味道的配乐来讲述故事。片中舞步是与曾亮相《World of Dance》的知名夫妻舞者Keone和Mari Madrid合作，他们曾有一段热门舞蹈的设计是扮演一对老人。Parrish告诉《娱乐周刊》：该片灵感来自他自己的想法，在35岁左右他开始感到年纪上来，对身体素质有了限制，比如打篮球无法再像以前一样灵活，而他随后意识到：不要把时间花在追忆已经逝去的事物上，应该把握当下。同时，Parrish也从他的祖父母对“老去”的不同态度上找到了灵感。《Us Again》也是迪士尼动画本部在近5年来的首部院线短片，将贴片《寻龙传说》在3月5日北美上映，6月在Disney+上线。
主演：内详
导演：未知
简介：数千年来，人类对月球充满着好奇与幻想。这个天上的邻居，至今还有许多未解之谜。上世纪五十年代末开始，美国与前苏联开展了太空竞赛，完成了人类对月球的最初探索。随后，美苏两国相继停止登月计划，中国展开探月之旅。对月球样本的科研显示，月球上的水以冰的形式存在。月球的内核是固态的铁，温度很高，部分融化。未来月球上可能会有火山喷发。月球的部分地表已被磁化。月球上的坑洞或者熔岩管道可能会为人类提供栖居场所。对月球的探索仍未停止，这个星球是人类通往宇宙的大门。
主演：史蒂夫·马丁,迈克尔·凯恩,格伦妮·海德利,安东·罗杰斯,芭芭拉·哈里斯,伊恩·麦克迪阿梅德,丹娜·爱薇,米根·费伊,弗兰西丝·康罗伊,尼科尔·卡尔方,鲁珀特·霍利迪-埃文斯,泽维尔·玛利,安德烈·彭文,路易斯·佐里奇,帕特里夏·戴维森,伯纳德·威廉姆斯
导演：弗兰克·奥兹
简介：弗莱迪（史蒂夫·马丁 Steve Martin 饰）和劳伦斯（迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰）是两个在“江湖”上漂泊了多年的花花公子，他们的目标是寂寞多金的单身女子，靠欺骗她们的感情从中获利。从某种意义上来说，弗莱迪和劳伦斯也算是老同行了，因此，他们之间的明争暗斗也从未停息。一个名叫珍妮特（格伦妮·海德利 Glenne Headly 饰）的姑娘出现在了两个爱情骗子的面前，她的漂亮和性感很快吸引了两人的注意。以珍妮特为目标，弗莱迪和劳伦斯打了一个赌，谁先获取了珍妮特的芳心，谁就是当之无愧的女性杀手，两人随即展开了行动。然而，令两人万万没有想到的是，在这场游戏中，事态的发展逐渐脱离了他们的掌控。
主演：乔·佩西,拉尔夫·马基奥,玛丽莎·托梅,米歇尔·维特菲尔德,弗雷德·格温,莱恩·史密斯,奥斯汀·潘德尔顿,布鲁斯·麦克吉尔,莫里·柴金,詹姆斯·瑞布霍恩
导演：乔纳森·林恩
简介：比尔（拉尔夫·马奇奥 Ralph Macchio 饰）和斯坦（米歇尔·维特菲尔德 Mitchell Whitfield 饰）是一对损友，此时，他们正驾驶着汽车前往学校。这一段旅程注定不会平静，误打误撞之中，两人竟然被指控谋杀。眼看着审理日即将到来，比尔和斯坦找到了刚刚毕业的半吊子律师文森特（乔·佩西 Joe Pesci 饰），请求他为他们辩护。令两人万万没有想到的是，文森特在法庭上的出格表现不仅没有为他们洗清罪名，文森特自己反而因为“蔑视法庭罪”而遭到监禁，而经历了如此挫折后，文森特一蹶不振，辩护水平更是大打折扣。一番波折之后，比尔和斯坦好不容易洗脱了牢狱之灾重获自由，但两人明白，只要文森特存在一天，他们的厄运就会延续一天。
主演：加里·格兰特,黛博拉·蔻儿,理查德·邓宁,内娃·帕特森,凯瑟琳·内斯比特,查尔斯瓦茨,福图尼奥·博纳诺瓦,多萝西·亚当斯,弗兰克·贝克,史蒂夫·卡鲁瑟斯,明塔·德菲,富兰克林·法纳姆,杰丝琳·法克斯,山姆·哈里斯,Robert,Q.,Lewis,Dino,Bolognese,Paul,Bradley,George,Calliga,Mary,Carroll,Kathleen,Charney,Brian,Corcoran,Kenneth,Du,Main,Michka,Egan,Adolph,Faylauer,
导演：莱奥·麦卡雷
简介：Nickie Ferrante（加里·格兰特 Cary Grant 饰）是一个游手好闲的有钱人，在一艘游轮上邂逅了Terry McKay （黛博拉·蔻儿 Deborah Kerr饰）。两人相谈甚欢，Nickie更是船临时靠岸的时候带着Terry去了一个乡镇上看望了他的奶奶，Terry发现了Nickie在油画上的天赋。两人间情愫暗生。船到了终点站纽约，两人要分开了，约定半年后在纽约帝国大厦顶层重聚。半年后，Nickie独自一人在帝国大厦从白天等到天黑，未见Terry的踪影，失望而去。而另一边，Terry却在赶来的路上发生了车祸而无法到达。不能走路的Terry不愿再去寻找Nickie，却偶然在半年后的一场舞会上又见到了Nickie，此时的Nickie已经是小有名气的画家。Nickie费尽心思终于找到了Terry的住所，准备再次追求Terry的芳心。到底这段波澜不断的爱情结果会如何？
主演：John,Stratton,Robert,Novotny,Sam,Morgan
导演：Stephen,Low
简介：你看过属于美国空军最大规模的红旗演习场面吗？你知道红旗演习时战斗机如何进行空中加油？还有来自各国的战斗机飞行员如何援救同伴？以及红旗演习时模拟轰炸的计画如何执行？在Imax剧场新上映的“飞行战士：红旗演习影片里，你可以找到答案！**最真实的模拟演习红旗演习是世界上第一个大规模整合进行的空中模拟空战演习，同时还是知名度最高、最受敬重、而且也是参与过飞行员所认为最具真实感的模拟演习。红旗演习于1975年美国空军为提升其飞行员空战技能而创立，因为越战中显示大部分的战损都是缺乏经验的飞行员在他们最初几次任务中就损失了。在作战的压力下，也没办法将他们对如何在空战中生存加以集训。这个概念由Richard Suter上校提出，而由Robert Dixon将军实现。在红旗演习极为逼真的训练环境下，菜鸟飞行员逐渐学习在战场上的生存之道。红旗演习每年在奈里斯空军基地举行4次，在美国每一年度分四次举行，每季一次。每次红旗演习都分成多个2星期的训练期程。红旗演习的空中战斗在内华达州的 训练空域进行，由各地前来受训的飞行员编入“蓝军”，与“红军”进行模拟空对空、空对地与电子作战。科目的困难度随着演习日程的进行而逐渐增难，故参加演 习的飞行员会逐日建立他们的技术。每日任务结束后的归询更让飞行员能了解每日所学，飞行员在离开红旗演习时，除了未亲身经历作战的危险外，这些飞行员都是空战老手了。红旗演习另一项成就，就是固定举办并持续进行了27年，在此同时美国有许多的例行性演习都因为预算的关系而取消，但是在各种评估之后，美国航太指挥部（AEF）认为红旗演习比过去更具有价值。红旗演习主要目的是保持美国空军的战斗能力，特别是飞行员在完训后，把在红旗演习中所学应用到日常训练中，能极为有效地提升战斗能力。有部分的红旗演习是只能由美军部队参加，故有些特别科目会并入一般训练科目内。其他受邀前来参加红旗演习的外国飞行员则与美军参加混合空中作战（COMAO）任务，这些外国飞行员能彼此相互学习作战经验。**Imax影片呈现真实飞行是一种兴趣，也是一种传承。“飞行战士：红旗演习”藉由战斗机飞行员John Stratton对祖父的崇拜与怀念，牵引出祖孙两代对飞行的热爱与执着，从一名飞行员的角度全面展示了红旗演习的整个过程，包括战机空中格斗、地面攻 击、空中加油、预警指挥、地勤维护、电子乾扰、人员救护等等各种场景，是一部高质量的Imax电影。影片大部分在美国内华达州的沙漠上空拍摄，包括令人激赏的战斗机模拟空战画面、实弹演习、炸弹组装与吊挂、空军失事人员的解救、空中加油等珍贵的画面。来自6个国家的128架高性能的飞机，藉由“红旗演习”，将战斗机飞行员的高超飞行技巧及飞机的高科技性能，表现的淋漓尽致。例如：B1及B2轰炸机、 F15鹰式战斗机、F16战隼士战斗机、AH-60S阿帕契攻击性直升机，A10坦克攻击机、U 2侦察机、空中预警机（AWACS）、KC10空中加油机、C130运输机、C17重装运输机、C17侵略者式运输机、F18大黄蜂战斗机、英国 Harries猎犬式战斗机、德国GR7及旋风式战斗机等，营造出逼真的实弹演习及轰炸飞行任务。此片长达45分钟，由波音公司、美国空军及加拿大政府所赞助拍摄，藉由固定在战斗机上的Imax摄影机镜头，分分秒秒提供你一种独特且难以想像的惊栗经 验，如同让你坐进世界最精良的喷射机座舱，体验时速900公里的飞行视野，欣赏日落时缤纷橘红的云端天际，更体验紧凑瞬间翻转的飞行员世界。“飞行战士：红旗演习”将红旗演习的真实状况一一呈现，包括各项的模拟指挥飞行与击落，各国空军齐聚参与模拟演练的盛况，各种新型战机飞行，还有对于飞行员来说十分危险的空中加油任务。透过这些镜头，让大家更了解空军飞行员在捍卫国家安全上所做的各项演习，也让人类体会战争的可怕，更加珍惜和平。
主演：安妮特·贝宁,朱迪·福斯特,瑞斯·伊凡斯,Ethan,Jones,Romero,洁娜·易,Johnny,Solo,卢克·科斯格罗夫,卡莉·罗森博格,Anna,Harriette,Pittman,埃里克·米勒,艾瑞卡·赵,Garland,Scott,Tisola,Logan,马库斯·杨,Samantha,Gordon,Mauricio,Adrian,Anne,Marie,Kempf,Marcella,Acuña,Báez,Lilo,Grunwald,Nadia,Lorencz
导演：伊丽莎白·柴·瓦沙瑞莉,金国威
简介：基于戴安娜·奈德所著畅销自传《Find A Way》，她在70年代被视为世界上最杰出的长距离游泳选手，曾打破数个世界纪录。2013年，64的岁的奈德在最好的朋友和35名热心支持者的帮助下，不带防鲨笼完成了青年时期多次失败过的毕生梦想：横渡从古巴到佛罗里达的110英里海域，是第一个达此成就的人。这片危险海域有世上首屈一指的鲨鱼、毒性极强的水母、无法捉摸的洋流、涡流，50年代开始就游泳健将尝试，奈德也差点丧命，经过了五次挑战最终成功。
主演：洁丝·辛克莱,钱斯·佩尔多莫,丽兹·布罗德威,谢莉·康恩,麦迪·菲利普斯,伦敦·托尔,德雷克·卢,阿萨·格尔曼,帕特里克·施瓦辛格,西恩·帕特里克·汤玛斯,马可·皮科西,克兰西·布朗,杰森·雷特,蔻碧·米纳菲,P·J·伯恩,杰西·厄舍,亚历山大·卡尔弗特,亚历桑德拉·卡斯蒂略,玛雅·巴斯蒂达斯,伊拉娜·盖尔,罗伯特·巴佐齐,詹森·阿克斯
导演：未知
简介：该剧故事发生在《黑袍纠察队》的世界中，一部分是大学生活，一部分如同《饥饿游戏》。 在「Vought International」运营的全美唯一一所针对少年超级英雄的大学里，学生并非天生就有超能力，他们是第一批知道V化合物并通过注射获得力量的超级英雄。这些满脑子都是荷尔蒙、搞竞争的年轻英雄，为了争夺学校梦寐以求的最高排名，会挑战自己身体和道德上的底线。他们很快意识到，野心伴随着牺牲，是非之分并不像他们曾经认为的那样清晰。当大学的黑暗秘密曝光时，学生们必须弄清楚自己要成为什么样的英雄。
主演：吴珊卓,奥卡菲娜,詹森·舒瓦兹曼,霍兰德·泰勒,托尼·海尔,威尔·法瑞尔,安吉拉·翠姆博,乔·克里斯特,查理·塔尔伯特,金杰·克雷斯曼,Amy,Tolsky,埃伦海兹,卡姆鲁斯·约翰逊,查皮·吉洛特,查尔斯·格林,Summer,Selby,艾米·莱昂纳兹,Jon,Park,Betsy,Holt,Matt,Cordova
导演：虞琳敏
简介：聪明女子Anne（奥卡菲娜 饰）沉迷于知名问答节目《Can' t Stop Quiz》，而如今她不得不与关系疏远、人生一团糟的姐姐Jenny（吴珊卓 饰）重逢，因为两人的妈妈欠下赌债，她们必须联手凑钱。因此，这对姐妹踏上了一场狂野的穿越美国之旅，迫切希望赢得足够的钱来还债，而唯一的方式就是让我们不情不愿的主角成为——一个真正的《Can' t Stop Quiz》冠军。
主演：西尔维斯特·史泰龙,阿诺·施瓦辛格,昆汀·塔伦蒂诺,詹妮弗·弗拉文,约翰·赫兹菲尔德,Wesley,Morris,弗兰克·史泰龙,塞奇·史泰龙,斯嘉丽·史泰龙,希斯蒂妮·史泰龙,苏菲亚·史泰龙,亨利·温克勒
导演：托姆·齐穆尼
简介：The nearly 50 years prolific carrier of Sylvester Stallone, who has entertained millions, is seen in retrospective in an intimate look of the actor, writer, director-producer, paralleling with his inspirational life story
主演：约翰·韦恩·盖西,山姆·阿米兰特,格雷格·贝多,拉斐尔·托瓦尔,迈克·阿尔布雷希特,特里·沙利文,史蒂夫·内默斯,金·拜尔斯-隆德,罗恩·罗宾逊,劳伦斯·范德尔,帕蒂·瓦斯奎兹,丹·根蒂,玛莎·福特,威廉·昆克尔,雷·康奈尔,比尔·伯格,凯利·格林,马蒂·齐林斯基,老罗伯特·莫塔,理查德·拉帕波特,安东尼·安托努奇,罗恩·比弗,沃尔特·雅各布森,杰森·莫兰
导演：乔·伯灵格
简介：他与权贵一起用餐，他无情猎杀弱者——隐藏在微笑面具之下的是一个恶魔般的连环杀手。
主演：杰瑞米·艾伦·怀特,杰西·巴克利,安妮·墨菲,里兹·阿迈德,卢克·威尔逊,尼娜·凯莉,克莱尔·麦康奈尔,阿曼达·阿库里,凯蒂·布赖尔,Avaah,Blackwell,朱诺·里纳尔迪,吉姆·沃森,坦凯·雷德弗斯,瓦伦·萨朗加,Ashleigh,Rains,Tameka,Griffiths,Mish,Tam,Heather,Dicke,Delainie,Marcia,Lauren,Horejda
导演：克里斯托斯·尼寇
简介：Set in an uncanny future — or perhaps a slightly alternate present where cellphone technology is nowhere to be found — Anna and her partner Ryan have achieved every couple’s dream: they are in possession of a document certifying their true love. Their comfortable if somewhat mundane life, however, leaves Anna questioning their successful love test, administered by placing their extracted fingernails into a cutting-edge machine. Anna soon begins working for the Love Institute under the tutelage of Duncan (Luke Wilson), which, in addition to determining a couples’ status via the mysterious test, trains them to deepen bonds. There, she’s paired with the experienced — and devastatingly charming — Amir to take couples at various stages of relationships through a series of love-building activities before the big test. As the new colleagues work to ameliorate the connections of clients, Anna begins to wonder if perhaps Amir is her one true love and if trusting her own feelings is a more reliable metric than what is determined by a machine.
主演：迪·沃伦斯-斯通
导演：刘易斯·提革
简介：家庭主妇唐娜（Dee Wallace 饰）和另一个男人斯蒂夫（Christopher Stone 饰）有染，当她决定中止这段关系的时候，斯蒂夫却报复性地将他们的关系透露给唐娜的丈夫维克（Daniel Hugh Kelly 饰），夫妻关系顿时陷入僵局某天，维克以公务之名离开，唐娜则带着5岁的儿子泰德（Danny Pintauro 饰）来到某汽车旅馆居住。汽车旅馆老板的儿子布莱特（Billy Jayne 饰）有一条名叫古卓的圣伯纳犬，古卓偶然被蝙蝠咬了一口，竟由此变成嗜血如命的凶残恶犬，它开始向唐娜母子发起了攻击……本片根据史蒂芬•金的同名小说改编，并荣获1987年葡萄牙奇幻国际电影节观众评委会奖。
主演：阿丽雅·米娅·洛伯蒂,路易斯·霍夫曼,拉斯·艾丁格,休·劳瑞,马克·鲁弗洛,雅各布·迪尔,詹姆斯·德莱顿,科林·席尔瓦,玛丽昂·贝利,卢娜·韦德勒,Nell,Sutton,安德莉·代克,Rosie,Hilal,贝恩德·霍尔谢尔,伊丽莎白·杜劳,拉哈珊·斯通,莎拉·克劳登,Maggie,Daniels,杰瑞米·惠勒,艾德·斯克林
导演：肖恩·利维
简介：《所有我们看不见的光》根据普利策奖获奖小说改编，是一部开创性的限定剧集，讲述了法国盲人女孩玛丽-洛尔和父亲丹尼尔·勒布朗的故事：他们带着一颗传奇钻石逃离被德国占领的巴黎，以免它落入纳粹手中。一名生性残暴的盖世太保军官为了一己私欲而试图占有这块宝石。玛丽-洛尔和丹尼尔很快就在圣马洛找到了避难所，他们和一位隐居的叔叔住在一起，这位叔叔投身抵抗运动，通过无线电广播发送密电。然而，在这个曾经田园诗般的海滨城市，玛丽-洛尔的道路注定要与一个志趣相投的人发生不可思议的碰撞：沃纳，一个被希特勒政权征召去追踪非法广播的聪明少年，他与玛丽-洛尔有着秘密联系，并且与她一样相信人性，坚信希望的存在。《所有我们看不见的光》巧妙地将玛丽-洛尔和沃纳十年间的生活交织在一起，这个故事讲述了人际关系的非凡力量：这是一盏明灯，可以引领我们度过最黑暗的时代。这部四集的限定剧集由肖恩·利维执导，斯蒂文·奈特担任编剧，新人演员阿丽雅·米娅·洛伯蒂和内尔·萨顿分别饰演老年时期和少年时期的玛丽-洛尔，马克·鲁弗洛饰演丹尼尔·勒布朗，休·劳瑞饰演艾蒂安叔叔，路易斯·霍夫曼饰演沃纳，拉斯·艾丁格饰演冯·伦佩尔，玛丽昂·贝利饰演马内克夫人。
主演：基思·卡拉丹,波姬·小丝,苏珊·萨兰登,弗朗西丝·费伊,安东尼奥·法加斯
导演：路易·马勒
简介：故事发生在新奥尔良的一家妓院里，一战将近，时局动荡不安，惟独在这所妓院里，一切都如往常一样井然有序的行进着。12岁的紫罗兰（波姬·小丝 Brooke Shields 饰）与母亲海蒂（苏珊·萨兰登 Susan Sarandon 饰）和弟弟相依为命，对她来说，最近唯一的大事就是自己即将要进行拍卖的童贞。作为妓院御用的摄影师，贝洛克（基思·卡拉丹 Keith Carradine 饰）显得和开放的大环境有些格格不入，他的目光，一直都落在年幼而美艳的紫罗兰身上。不久之后，海蒂勾搭上了一个有钱人，随即带着儿子离开了妓院，紫罗兰成为了被抛弃的那一个。在紫罗兰走投无路的时候，贝洛克收留了她，两人开始了同居的生活，可是紫罗兰乖僻的性格让贝洛克无法忍受，这段感情最终以分手告终。然而，此时的两人并不知道的是，这只是他们漫长情感纠葛的开始。
主演：玛雅·霍克,塞缪尔·杰克逊,乌玛·瑟曼,乔·曼根尼罗,黛比·玛扎,麦克·道尔,马修·马希尔,玛丽安妮·芮登,吉奥娜·达迪奥,拉里·派恩,Brandon,Curry,德丽·海明威,詹妮弗·金,贝蒂娜·斯凯,艾米·科姆,Denise,Grayson,James,Di,Giacomo,Leah,McSweeney,亚历山大·索科维科夫,Nikolai,Tsankov
导演：妮可·帕隆
简介：讲述一个杀手（乔·曼根尼罗 Joe Manganiello 饰）、杀手的老板（塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）和一个艺术商人（乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰）的故事：一场洗钱阴谋意外地让这个名叫Reggie的杀手一夜成名，成为艺术界的当红先锋人物"The Bagman"，为此他不得不让艺术世界与地下犯罪世界对上了。
主演：马丁·辛
导演：David,Douglas
简介：Agusta 109K2: Alpine Medivac RescueStraight Up's exploration of vertical flight begins with a high-impact alpine rescue amid an avalanche. The dramatic opening sequence documents the dangerous work of the Rega mountain rescue team and the invaluable role of the Agusta A109K2 helicopter in saving lives and minimizing injuries.As the camera pans over beautiful vistas of the snow-covered Swiss Alps, it cuts to a cornice, as a chunk of snow breaks free, triggering an avalanche. The tranquil scene is shattered as the avalanche thunders down the mountain slopes. With terrifying speed, it heads straight for a mother and child trapped in their car, wheels spinning on the icy road.The mother calls for help on her cell phone, and a second call from a snowplow prompts radio dispatch. The Rega mountain rescue team already is airborne en route to the scene, the red cross painted on the helicopter's white underbelly signaling that medical help is on the way. The mother escapes, but her son is missing. Within minutes of the helicopter landing, the rescue team dig out the car, extract the trapped boy, apply first aid, and airlift him and his mother to safety.A significant mountain hazard, avalanches are responsible for many deaths each year. Time is of the essence in avalanche rescue work. A person has a 90 percent chance of survival if found within the first 15 minutes, but one's chances of survival diminish with each passing minute. Not only do helicopters provide quick access for rescue teams, they also provide a lifeline to medical care. Flying the injured to the nearest hospital as rapidly as possible is not the only type of rescue operation; often helicopters bring the hospital to the injured, who receive treatment at the scene.The powerful avalanche was shot in British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains under the supervision of the Canadian Avalanche Association. The CAA controls avalanche risk for the safety of heli-skiers. To capture the avalanche head-on, avalanche expert and filmmaker Steve Krochel and David Douglas developed a quarter-inch-thick steel container for the IMAX camera, which was equipped with a triggering device and a beeper so that the camera could be found once the avalanche had swept it down the mountain.The rescue was completed in Switzerland's Bernina Pass near the Italian border. Filming the Rega rescue helicopter air-to-air sequence turned into an international excursion as Douglas chased the sunlight over Italy in one direction and in Austria in another before setting down in Switzerland. In another dramatic shot, Douglas centered the red cross in the crosshairs of the camera lens as the craft descended. To facilitate this shot, Douglas dug a hole in the snow large enough to accommodate himself and the IMAX camera. Inside the hole, 3 feet below the helicopter, he filmed its takeoff.According to Douglas, "The helicopter is the instrument of rapid response to natural physical and social disasters around the world, alleviating human suffering on a major scale. For the individual caught beyond the limits of training or equipment, often the last chance for survival is the hope that a helicopter will get to them in time. "The Pitcairn PCA 2, "Miss Champion"For centuries humans dreamed of flight. The Chinese, in the 12th century, developed a toy helicopter made from a pair of slats mounted on a stick, but serious efforts had to wait until the early 20th century. Then, after the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, we dreamed of flight unfettered by the limitations of runways and airports. Yet by the early 1930s we were still at the dawn of the practical rotorcraft, which promised to give form to humanity's vision.The ten year period between 1925 and 1935 was an exciting time in aviation history, but few aircraft so caught and held the public's attention, as the Autogiro. Nicknamed the "flying windmill," this strange-looking aircraft was first successfully flown in 1923 by the Spanish inventor, Juan de la Cierva, who had been working on the development of such a craft since 1919. The Autogiro fascinated the air-minded public because of its remarkable performance and high degree of safety, attracting such leaders of American aviation as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.Juan de la Cierva sold the American manufacturing rights to Harold Pitcairn in 1928. Pitcairn's Autogiro boasted a more modern fuselage with better aerodynamic qualities. It also provided prospective buyers with a choice of either a 300- or 420-horsepower engine.In the film, Harold Pitcairn's son Stephen flies "Miss Champion," a 1931 model. This Autogiro, used for promotion by the Champion Spark Plug Company, is controlled like an airplane, but is lifted with blades. Although the original rotor blades have seen 1,600 hours of flight time, they are still airworthy. With a 330-horsepower Wright R 975-E engine, the Autogiro has a cruising speed of 98 mph and a top speed of 118 mph. "Miss Champion" led a National Air Tour and made the then-risky 300- mile-long flight from Miami to Havana, Cuba. (Until then, the longest over-water flight by an Autogiro had been 25 miles in length.) Later, "Miss Champion" flew nonstop over a distance of 500 miles to Chichen Itza in the Yucatan rainforest. "Miss Champion" was retired from active service in 1932 after setting a new altitude record for rotary-wing aircraft. Climbing to a height of 21,500 feet in 1932, the Autogiro surpassed the previous record set by Amelia Earhart. Today, the Autogiro is considered to be the evolutionary "missing link" from which the practical helicopter was born.Forty years later Stephen Pitcairn began the formidable task of collecting and restoring examples of his father's aircraft. He tracked down "Miss Champion" and in October of 1982 began the painstaking task of restoration, using the original Pitcairn factory drawings. In the spring of 1985 "Miss Champion" flew again.The Bell 47G: A Flying LessonSince Pitcairn's Autogiro, improved control systems allow the airframe to rise directly from the ground with a powered rotor. Straight Up! puts you in the pilot's seat of a Bell 47G as the basic elements of helicopter operation are demonstrated. The Bell 47G's single-rotor configuration is by far the most common type used today. Your flying lesson begins.As a helicopter pilot, the pilot uses all four limbs to fly, all at the same time! With the left hand holding the collective pitch control lever, he pulls up ever so slightly, and we go straight up into a slow-motion hover. The spinning rotor blades act as small wings, but they spin so fast that they create one continuous disc of lift. When the blades change angle, or pitch collectively, the helicopter rises or falls. The pilot's right hand always holds the cyclic control, effectively tilting the whirling disc above. Point left, tilt left. Point right, tilt right. The camera then closes in on the tail rotor. Once again, the altering of the blades affects direction. The chopper spins in response to the pilot's depressing one of the two foot pedals. If he depresses the second pedal, the helicopter spins in the opposite direction.The Piasecki H-21B Tandem Rotor Aircraft, "The Flying Banana"The last flying H-21B helicopter in the world takes off, heads for the beach and cruises 100 feet above the Pacific surf off the coast of California. One of the earliest tandem helicopters, the H-21B represents the birth of the heavy lift helicopters and dates back to the early 1950s. Nicknamed "The Flying Banana" for its shape, the H-21B had more power and greater stability than previous helicopters. The tandem-rotor H-21B carries two sets of wooden blades situated nearly 50 feet apart but operated by one set of helicopter flight controls. The pilot must be ever vigilant, as this helicopter could rapidly invert should the pilot let go of the controls.The vintage H-21B used for the film was decommissioned from the U.S. Air Force in 1972 and was restored by the California-based Classic Rotors: The Rare and Vintage Rotocraft Museum. This nonprofit museum and restoration facility, dedicated to the preservation of unique, vintage and rare rotorcraft, spent more than 10,000 hours returning the H-21B to airworthiness. Every hour flown requires 100 hours of maintenance. Classic Rotors is the only museum of its kind to maintain eight helicopters in flying condition. When its new facility in San Diego has been completed, the museum will expand its exhibits from 15 to 30 vintage rotorcraft.One of the highlights of its collection is a famous relative of the H-21B. This is a V 44 (the commercial version of the H-21)-nicknamed "The Holy One"-and is the only one to land at the Vatican and be blessed by the pope. While on a 1959 demonstration tour in Europe, the helicopter and its crew had provided help to Italian communities following a devastating earthquake.Future Helicopter DesignsOne aspect of current research centers around the development of "quiet technology" that will allow helicopters to become better neighbors and to operate more stealthily in police and military operations.Quiet technology advances rely on a combination of technologies, which include improved rotor blade design and the user of rotor systems with four or more blades. Replacing the tail rotor with a Coanda-effect NOTAR (NoTailRotor) system goes a long way in reducing noise, as does shrouding the tail rotor in an arrangement know as a "fan-in-fin." Other advances focus on noise-dampening air inlets and improved engine nozzles.New helicopter designs are tested in the world's largest wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Flight Research Center located at Moffett Field in California. Ames was founded in 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which became part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. NASA has the leading role in aerospace operations systems, which include air traffic control, flight effects on humans, and rotorcraft technology. NASA Ames scientists and engineers study robotic helicopters, high-speed hybrids, and advances in quiet technology. The center also has major responsibilities for the creation of design and development tools and for wind tunnel testing.The NASA-Bell XV-15 Tilt-rotorIn the film, an XV-15 converts over Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The XV-15 is an experimental rotorcraft, the parent of a new family of aircraft called "tilt-rotors." The tilt-rotor combines the hovering ability of the helicopter with the speed of a fixed-wing aircraft. The XV-15 can take off and land like a helicopter. The audience will see the engines tilting forward as the tilt-rotor becomes a high-speed plane.The Bell-Boeing V-22 OspreyA V-22 Osprey unwraps, emerging like a prehistoric flying dinosaur. Built primarily for the U.S. Marines, Air Force, and Navy, the V-22 Osprey has wings that pivot and rotors that fold to facilitate its storage at sea. In less than 90 seconds, you will see the V-22 complete this process. Although still classified as a tilt-rotor, it is faster, with three times the range and more than ten times the payload of its predecessor. It shows the promise of long-distance travel, without airports.The Hawk 4 GyroplaneRotorcraft evolution is also in the hands of the entrepreneur, and this independent spirit is most evident in the Hawk 4 Gyroplane. While some designs produce groundbreaking changes, this aircraft brought the economy and safety of the Autogiro into the space age. A rotor is used for slow-speed flight, but at high-speed cruising all the lift is provided by the wing while the rotor has no lift. The Gyroplane shows promise as a high-speed, low-disc-loading rotorcraft.The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 ComancheThe Comanche rips and dips across the screen, set against a sunset. This prototype helicopter has stealth technology. It's smart, agile, fast and invisible to radar. It's the first helicopter to provide real-time digital data to headquarters. Seeing in the dark, sensing the forces at play around us and acting on the evidence in real time, the Comanche is a complex flying machine with a human being at its heart. Everyday, in unexpected ways, it extends our powers and puts us to work with a revolutionary tool.The Comanche is the central element of the U.S. Army's future Objective Force. In addition to its complement of missiles and 20-mm cannon, the aircraft carries state-of-the-art sensors and avionics to provide battlefield commanders with so much accurate information about enemy movements. This knowledge will translate into more precise targeting, increasing the effectiveness of friendly forces beyond current capabilities.The U.S. Army has defined a requirement of more than 1,200 Comanches for the Objective Force. The RAH Comanche, the army's 21st-century combat helicopter is being developed by the U.S. Army and a team of leading aerospace companies headed by the Boeing Company and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a unit of United Technologies Corporation.The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and AS 350 B2 AStar Enforce the LawEvents swiftly unfold as the radar plane spots an "unidentified" Cessna dropping bundles of drugs off the coast of Miami at dawn. A signal alerts the Marine and Air Branch of U.S. Customs who speed out to intercept the smugglers. Just as the drugs are transferred from boat to van, The AStar helicopter bursts over the treetops, deploying a tactical team to arrest the driver. While the smuggler's Cigarette boat attempts to escape, a Black Hawk helicopter dips down to create a giant backwash. In a stunning display of impeccable teamwork, this action forces the fleeing boat to swerve to a halt as a Customs boat cuts it off and apprehends the criminals.On a typical day, the U.S. Customs Service examines 1.3 million passengers, 2,642 aircraft, 50,889 trucks/containers, 355,004 other vehicles, 588 vessels, 64,923 entries and undertakes the following enforcement actions: 64 arrests, 107 narcotic seizures, 223 other seizures, 9 currency seizures. These amount to 5,059 pounds of narcotics, $443,907 in currency, $228,803 in conveyances, $525,791 in merchandise and more than $15,800 in arms and ammunition.Filmed over a period of five days off the coast of Miami, the air, land, and sea drug bust was staged by the U.S. Customs Service, which relies heavily on helicopters during such operations.U.S. Customs pilot, Tom Stanton, participated in the shoot with his co-pilot Kimberly Kessel. Kessel is one of seven women U.S. Customs pilots and only one of two qualified to fly Black Hawks. Both pilots volunteered to work with the film crew. Says Kessel, a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, "They were phenomenal, ready to try anything."In addition to daytime flights, Stanton flies the riskier night missions. "Flying at night is dangerous as you lose all perception of what's up or down because both the sky and ocean are black, so they just kind of run in together. There's no horizon on those dark nights," says the veteran pilot.Typically he flies from 300 to 500 feet above the water at 120 to 150 knots. "Not many people fly that low, even in the daytime," says Stanton. "There's no autopilot, so it's hands on. Plus you're chasing someone. You have to be aware. It can get tense out there."Stanton describes an air chase: "Once there's a target, we launch a jet with radar. The jet pilot calls the helicopter out and we link up, flying in formation. We follow the bad guy wherever he goes. If he has extended-range fuel tanks, we leapfrog and send another helicopter out to take up the chase. (The Black Hawk carries five hours of fuel.) When he gets into his landing configuration, we call the local police or sheriff to help us out." The Black Hawk, which can carry up to 14 people, typically carries 4 or 5 armed personnel, "so we instantly have a force of police officers there to get the bad guys.""If it's a boat, we have Cigarette boats like the smugglers. We'll call our boat and have it intercept." Stanton flies the Black Hawk next to the boat, making it hard for the smugglers to navigate. "It intimidates them into giving up. Sometimes they do [but] sometimes we chase them for hours. Or we'll follow them into a marina and block them until our boats come. If they hit the beach, we'll call the state police or sheriff, and they set up a perimeter so the guy can't get out."Stanton, who flies missions as often as once or twice a week, has been flying for 26 years, 13 of those as an army helicopter pilot before he joined U.S. Customs in Miami where he is the "standardization instructor pilot." He makes sure that everybody flies the same way, so that when they team up, the pilots easily work in tandem. Pilots fly 8-hour shifts and the operation goes on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in areas covering both the Canadian and Mexican land borders, the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines, and the Gulf of Mexico.The MD 500E HelicopterA MD 500 helicopter hovers directly above 500,000-volt power lines. As it inches closer, a lightning bolt suddenly zaps out from the hot line, arcing toward the wand extended by a lineman perched on an aluminum platform that juts out from the helicopter. The "hot-line-qualified" lineman clamps onto the power lines, and helicopter backs off, leaving him to "wire walk," crawling along parallel lines to inspect the PPL power line grid, 100 feet off the ground. To reboard the helicopter, the lineman must "bond off," reversing the procedure."I don't give two hoots and a holler about flying inside a helicopter. Put me outside, that's where I want to be," says Daniel "Spider" Lockhart, AgRotors lineman. There's only three things I've been afraid of most of my life: One was electricity, one was heights and the other was women. And, I'm married too," he grins. "The safest lineman is one that is afraid of electricity. When we bond to the power lines energized at half-a-million volts, we have to bring ourselves to the same potential. That is why you see that arc jumping out to our wand as we make both the helicopter and the power line at the same potential, so that we can eliminate the flow of current," explains the veteran lineman.Spider wears a protective hot suit, 75 percent Nomex for fire retardation and 25 percent stainless steel thread. "The metal thread basically means I have a cage around me that can be energized at very high voltage levels. A half-million volts pass over my body, but I can work without interference from the electricity."He continues, "Watching that electricity jump out while you're energizing the helicopter is a thrill. Getting on the wire, walking the wire to do repairs is a thrill. The biggest thrill I get is from doing what I do is being able to do both together-the electrical part and the helicopter part of it, the speed at which we can do it and still be safe. There are so many things that the helicopter enables us to do as linemen, which is very rewarding."The teamwork of the skilled helicopter pilots and highly trained linemen ensure that the PPL Corp. provides a constant source of electricity to its 1.3 million customers in Pennsylvania (in addition to 4.4 million in Latin America and Europe). To maintain the integrity of the transmission system to residential and commercial establishments, and to ensure the safety of the operation, the team plans and rehearses every move while on the ground before takeoff. Even so, unanticipated gusts of wind and glare from the wires can affect the pilot's depth perception, requiring total concentration during his hours at the controls. As the helicopter is isolated from the ground, the pilot and lineman, clad in protective stainless steel suits, must bond onto the transmission lines to bring themselves to the same voltage potential of the line to work safely-paralleling what a bird does when it sits on a wire.Probably the most unusual place that the director rigged the camera was on the end of the platform on the MD 500, which is designed to carry the lineman as he bonds onto the half-million-volt power line. "We took away the lineman and put the camera in his place; the lineman rode behind the camera and used his wand to draw the arc of electricity right onto the camera lens. I don't think it's been done before. It blew all the electronics out of the camera a couple of times before we figured out how to do it," recalls Douglas.The Boeing 234 Helicopter: Helilogging with Limited Environmental DamageFloating above the forest in northern California, a 12-ton Boeing 234 helicopter selects its target with precision. Selective logging is a process where only a portion of the available timber is removed from a logging site. A single tree is lifted straight up from the forest floor, leaving the rest of the area environmentally intact. Removing such timber-very often trees that are already dead or diseased-allows the remaining trees to thrive on the additional resources of sunlight, water, and soil nutrients. Helilogging is environmentally friendly in other ways as well. First, since the logs are lifted from the ground, little soil erosion, typical of conventional logging methods, occurs. Second, in many cases the helicopter is able to use existing roads for landings, meaning no new roads need to be built into the area being logged.Columbia Helicopters cuts more logs each year than any other helicopter logging company. To prepare the timber for the helicopter, the specially trained logging crew cut it into carefully weighed sections. Columbia's flight crews are among the most experienced at long-line work in the world. With speed and precision, they are able to move heavy loads of logs at the end of lines up to 350-feet long. Once the line is lowered from the Boeing 234 helicopter, steel tongs clamp the log and the entire tree is removed without disturbing the balance of nature. "It's kinda like lookin' down 25 stories and picking up a telephone pole," comments the helicopter pilot, Dave Stroupe, who deposits the timber at a nearby transfer yard. "The unique thing about this helicopter is that, when we take off from the ground, we weigh approximately 22,000 pounds. And we're rigged for about 26,000 pounds when we get low on fuel. So the load actually weighs more than the helicopter. It's exciting and harrowing all at the same time."The Boeing 234s have a lift capacity of 28,000 lb, (12,727 kg), but most often carry loads between 23,000 lb, (10,454 kg) to 24,000 lb (10,909 kg) due to elevation and air temperature considerations. The company trains loggers to work with helicopters because load weight is such a dramatic part of what they do. Weight is determined, using a formula, which are a function of the volume and the type of wood. Different tree species have different weights per volume.When one of the pilots suggested using the log as a platform for the camera, Douglas realized another exciting camera angle. The possibility existed that the branches could scrape off the camera as the log was hauled up. Douglas prevented this by placing the camera inside a heavy steel avalanche box, which he anchored on the end of a big log. Once the log was grappled, the helicopter hauled the protected camera right through the branches, giving the audience a breathtaking view from the perspective of the log! The U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier, AH-1W Cobra, CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-46E Sea Knight on a Military MissionAn AV-8B Harrier jet demonstrates its vertical landing ability followed by a force reconnaissance inservice exercise from an aircraft carrier, as Marines climb aboard the CH-53E. AH-1W Cobras and Harriers form an assault-support package, as the reconnaissance team sets out on a mission to obtain invaluable intelligence about the enemy.Inside the CH-53E, the machine-gunner is at the ready as a Cobra fires three rockets. The action heats up as the IMAX camera captures the Marines fast-roping through the "hell hole" and sliding down a rope dangling from the CH-53E, landing in enemy territory. The leader of the reconnaissance team says, "By the time you get to touch rope in a live situation, you and your men feel tighter than family. Your fates are tied like the strands of a rope."Two hours later the Marines have completed their mission and are ready to be evacuated. Now the enemy hunts them on the ground. Trees shake as the rescue CH-53E helicopter hovers overhead, lowering a rope to the squad, now up to their waists in water. One after the other, in a matter of seconds, the men clip themselves onto the rope. "Extraction, even more than insertion, is when you need speed. You've been awful quiet. Suddenly, you're awful loud," says Sgt. James Kenneke, the squad leader. He's first in and last out. Lifted up, like washing on a line, the squad dangles beneath the helicopter as it is escorted by Cobras, out over the Atlantic."It's a relief to get out. But there's that moment of doubt. Everything slows down while you're exposed � holding your breath for that happy ending. And when you get it, you feel on top of the world. Of course, then we've got to commute home just like everybody else," smiles Kennecke.The Mi-26 and Mi-8 Deliver Humanitarian AidSometimes, something very precious must be delivered behind enemy lines-food. Sierra Leone is a nation that has suffered years of conflict. From the food depot to the hot spot, helicopters provide an air bridge. Hoisting food and medical supplies to distressed people behind rebel-held territories, they have the ability to hop over hot zones in desperate situations.The world's largest production helicopter-the Russian-made Mi-26-is the workhorse for the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation in war-torn Sierra Leone. The heaviest production helicopter in the world, this majestic eight-bladed craft-one of four chartered by the UN from Russia-can carry a maximum of 44,090 lb (20,040 kg) of internal payload or up to 70 troops. The Mi-26's top speed is 183 mph (295 kph) and it has a range of 304 miles (400 km).In this sequence, the Mi-26 is loaded with cargo to supply UN troops protecting an isolated community in the center of rebel-held territory. The world's largest food agency, the UN World Food Program (WFP), organized a massive air campaign targeting internally displaced persons that had congregated near a clinic for malnourished children. Once rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) had surrounded the area and blocked road access, the WFP was prevented from completing a bulk distribution. Instead, they loaded up their Mi-8 and flew to the Daru clinic where the most vulnerable women and children were located."All children under five who are malnourished are given a special feeding program in Daru. And the under-five are always the first ones you target for any kind of extreme malnourished cases, because they die very quickly," says Aya Shneerson, program officer for the WFP. "Daru is a kind of an island, a safe island, surrounded by areas that are unsafe," she says, "and for that reason, it always served as a sort of magnet for the very vulnerable people coming out."Another big WFP operation, Food for Peace, gives food to child ex-combatants, in an effort to attract them to disarmament and demobilization camps.The heavily laden craft flew out of the capital city, Freetown, situated on the west coast of Africa between Guinea on the north and Liberia on the south. The WFP supervises a variety of feeding programs in the displacement camps, feeding 5,000 in an operation that targeted Bunbuna, Kabala and Daru in 2000.Throughout the world, helicopters have saved millions of human lives. There are 777 million people in developing countries, according to the WFP. In 2001 the WFP fed 77 million hungry people (10 percent of the hungry poor) in 82 countries.Diamonds, which should have brought prosperity to Sierra Leone, instead resulted in one of the modern world's most brutal insurgencies, dating back to 1991 when rebels launched a war to overthrow the government. In the ensuing years, continuous battles between the various factions-rebels, the army and the government-displaced tens of thousands of innocent civilians, resulting in hunger and famine. In 1998 UN observers documented reports of ongoing atrocities and human rights abuses. In 1999 negotiations began between the government and the rebels, and an agreement was signed in Lome to end hostilities and form a government of national unity. By 2000, the UN's expanded role resulted in the deployment of 17,500 military peacekeeping personnel to various parts of the country. Free elections in May 2002 have given hope and a fresh started in Sierra Leone.The AS 350 B2 and AS 350 B3 Used for Wildlife RelocationIn South Africa, helicopters are helping to save the black rhino from extinction. Protected in a few remote preserves, their numbers are rising. However, should the rhinos feel overcrowded, they will fight to the death. To protect the species, some must be relocated to safe habitats, but this is easier said than done.A platform dangles from a helicopter overhead. Inside another helicopter, flying low over the South African veldt, a man with a rifle takes aim at a black rhinoceros, dodging through the bushes below. The pilot concentrates on flying 5 feet above and 10 to15 feet behind the rhino. Anticipating its every move, a wildlife veterinarian pulls the trigger of his gun loaded with a tranquilizer dart, scoring a direct hit that successfully penetrates the rhino's inch-thick skin."When I am darting animals like the black rhino, there is this immense trust between myself and Piet, the pilot," says wildlife veterinarian, Dr. Douw Grobler, who specializes in immunizations and translocations. "I know exactly what he's going to do and where he's going to place me. I don't have to think. I can just concentrate on the animals. I just know he's gong to put me there in the right spot at the right time. It's almost that he senses what the animal's going to do. In that way, he can change the animal's mind with his helicopter."Grobler has measured a specific drug dosage, which can keep a rhino asleep for up to two hours. Once the rhino is darted, the ground crew lands as soon as possible to undertake a multitude of tasks. They monitor the beast's vital signs, take skin and blood samples to study its basic health and to detect any nutrients that are lacking. This ensures that the habitat is healthy for long-term propagation. They also conduct pregnancy testing. Each rhino's ear is notched so that it can be identified easily from the air and ground. The tip of the second horn is removed to provide material for genetic research, and a transmitter is fitted into the rhino's horn for tracking its whereabouts. Poachers present a constant danger to the rhinos' security. Should a poacher remove the horn for export, the transmitter would trigger an alarm.When two males inhabit the same territory, one must be relocated before they battle to the death. Placing a sling in position, the crew rolls the rhino aboard the platform, making sure it is fully asleep. With a lifting capability of 3,500 lb (1,590 kg), the AStar B 3 can relocate the 2,250-lb (1022-kg) rhino to an area of the sanctuary that is accessible only by helicopter.The extensive research on eleven black rhinos acquired during the four-day shoot was made possible only through SK Film's financial contribution. "My field of expertise lies in the capture and relocation of African wildlife. I am extremely grateful to Straight Up! for sponsoring this incredibly important research and relocation program at the game park. Without the film, this research would not have happened," says Grobler, who organized the capture, research and relocation project, with the film's production crew. "Every animal is just so valuable," he says, "and any information that can be collected on them is worth its weight in gold."The prehistoric ancestor of today's rhinos existed more than 50 million years ago. Among today's five rhino species, the black rhino, which has two horns, has suffered the most spectacular rate of decline. From a population of 65,000 in 1970 it had been hunted almost to extinction, declining to a population of 2,300 by 1992-93. Current statistics indicate that the African black rhino population has risen to 3,500 as a result of the protection of nature reserves, developed by conservancy groups, agencies and governments to facilitate breeding and relocation programs.This segment of Straight Up! was filmed in one such reserve in South Africa, where black rhinos had been reintroduced in 1986. The helicopter, an irreplaceable co
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