About

This spectacular documentary about the history of flight was the first film ever screened in our IMAX back in 1983 and returns to the big screen throughout September.

On 1 July 1976, To Fly! , the first giant screen film directed and produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films, premiered at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air & Space Museum as the centrepiece of the museum’s grand opening celebration. It has played continuously there since its release. It is estimated that over 100 million viewers have seen To Fly! in IMAX screenings throughout the world, with over 15 million viewing the film in one theatre alone, an all-time record for any film in any format.

A stunning overview of transportation and flight in America, To Fly! thrills audiences as its imagery engulfs them in the sensations of flying from floating in a helium balloon to flying in an original barnstormer bi-plane to hang gliding across the sky. To Fly!, which has since become honoured as the film of the decade, is the second-highest grossing IMAX Theatre film in history and the most successful corporate-sponsored film of all time.

• Director: Jim Freeman, Greg MacGillivray
• Cast: Ellen Bry, Jennifer Kaye Evans, Peter Walker
• Language: English