Clip from Straight Up: Helicopters in Action

Directed and Photographed by David Douglas

Written by David Douglas and Carl Knutson

Produced by Diane Roberts

Narrated by Martin Sheen

Straight Up! Helicopters in Action takes audiences on a series of aerial adventures. Fly along with skilled helicopter crews as they carry out sea and mountain rescues, apprehend drug smugglers, repair high voltage lines, save endangered animals, deliver humanitarian aid, and undertake a reconnaissance mission. Learn how helicopters are flown. Narrated by Martin Sheen and directed by David Douglas for the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.