Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy to Host Press Conference

March 20th DVD Release Date Honors the 62nd Anniversary of the Final Push to Destroy Hitler's Nazis and End the Holocaust

Pittsburgh, PA - March 15, 2007 - Inecom Entertainment Company, a producer and distributor of documentary and instructional films, announced that Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy will host a press conference and film screening on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2007 to mark the worldwide release of the upcoming film, Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilots of WWII, " and passage of House Bill 42, honoring the achievements of the WWII glider pilots.

The DVD release date was set to honor the 62nd anniversary of Operation Varsity, the final Allied push into Nazi territory across the Rhine to destroy Hitler's Nazis and end the Holocaust. Gliders led the way into devastating Nazi defenses in the mission on March 24, 1945.

Narrated by acclaimed actor Hal Holbrook, the film includes interviews with National WWII Glider Pilots Association, Inc. Chairman Michael J. Samek, surviving glider veterans and legendary journalists Andy Rooney and Walter Cronkite, who flew into Holland with the 101st Airborne Division in 1944.

Congresswoman McCarthy, Director Robert Child and Chairman Michael J. Samek will be on hand for the events and are also available for interviews.

Press Conference:
2257 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 10:30 a.m.

Film Screening:
2220 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 5:30 p.m.

Anyone wishing to RSVP for the film screening should contact Julie Halapchuk at jhalapch@inecom.com by Monday, March 19th at 12:00 p.m.

From the early race to build gliders to the D-Day invasion at Normandy to Germany’s final surrender, Silent Wings – The American Glider Pilots of WWII reveals the critical role gliders played in World War II offensives. Through rare archival footage and photographs, the film places the audience right at the center of the action in the hazardous world of the American glider pilot. According to one general, glider pilots were considered to be “the most uninhibited individuals ever to wear an American uniform.”

Robert Child previously produced Inecom’s Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom, which has been honored with a WorldFest Special Jury Award and the CINE Gold Eagle Award. Child’s other films include Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny and Gettysburg: The Boys in Blue and Gray.

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