For we know now, that even as we walk upon the ground, we are ever in-flight through the universe.
Today, we look upon our planet from afar, and feel a new tenderness for the tiny and fragile Earth. We have come a long way from a time when people gazed enviously upon the birds in-flight. The film ends with a view of Earth, and the narration: After dubbing spaceflight a historical feat, the narrator suggests it can be used to discover extraterrestrial life, and uses it to describe human imagination as limitless, which is credited to the philosophical awakening caused by the vertical view of the world. To Fly! ends with the launch of the Saturn IB rocket as part of the Apollo–Soyuz mission, at the Kennedy Space Center on July 15, 1975. With wide-body aircraft, flying became a common mode of travel and access to the American territory expanded westward beyond the contiguous United States. Military aviation formed flight demonstration squadrons like the Blue Angels. The Roaring Twenties saw the invention of barnstorming, expanding access to aviation among Americans. Although hot-air balloons were revolutionary, the majority of Americans still used horses trains were later invented, then cars and mechanical aircraft. The desire to fly also inspired the creation of skyscrapers. The dawn of aviation is described as "like the opening of a new eye", allowing humans to reach untouched places and extend their limits. The film then chronicles the history of aviation, beginning with hot-air balloons. Ezekiel sees a canoeist heading to whitewater at Horseshoe Falls and warns him to shore before he reaches the rapid. Spectators below look at the balloon in awe and surprise. Fictional hot-air balloonist Ezekiel, after reciting a patriotic quatrain declaring himself a pioneer, ascends on a voyage around New England. To Fly! begins in Vermont on July 4, 1831. It received acclaim for its cinematography, editing, and narrative it was hailed as a Washingtonian icon and received various accolades. Amassing a large following and a notable role in the growing popularity of museum IMAX theaters, To Fly! remained the highest-grossing giant-screen documentary for several decades. It also cast MacGillivray as a major IMAX filmmaker. The film was deemed significant for introducing audiences to the then-new IMAX format and influencing future filmmakers, and was inducted into the National Film Registry as well as the IMAX Hall of Fame. The film was later released in other formats, and had a 20th-anniversary special edition in 1996. It was scheduled for a year of screening during the Bicentennial, but due to public demand was screened indefinitely. The film was finished on schedule, despite a low budget and difficult year of production. The film was edited by MacGillivray and Freeman while the score was composed by Bernardo Segall. Creation of the closing space sequence prompted experiments due to the limits of the IMAX cameras and format. Three cameras were modified to meet their needs. Due to the large dimensions of the IMAX screen, the filmmakers aimed for immersion and clarity via novel cinematographic techniques. MacGillivray and Freeman expanded a treatment developed by the Smithsonian Institution and Francis Thompson, adding humor to tell audiences the film is not littered with technical jargon. The idea of the film was proposed in 1970 and was revisited four years later following NASM director Michael Collins' interest in an IMAX theater for the museum. The film explores the search for national identity and humanity's relationship with aviation. The film chronicles the history of aviation in the US and its effects on humanity, with a narration written by Thomas McGrath. It was the premiere film of the giant-screen IMAX theater for the National Air and Space Museum's main building, which opened to celebrate the United States Bicentennial. To Fly! is a 1976 American short docudrama film by Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman of MacGillivray Freeman Films.
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