| The Millionaires' Unit | |
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| Directed by | Darroch Greer, Ron King |
| Written by | Darroch Greer |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Countries | United States, New Zealand |
| Language | English |
The Millionaires' Unit is a 2015 American documentary film by Darroch Greer and Ron King about the First Yale Unit, a group of Yale college students who took the initiative to learn to fly in preparation for America's entry into the Great War.[1] Based on a book by author Marc Wortman, the film is narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Bruce Dern. It was filmed in the U.S., England, France, Belgium and New Zealand over the course of seven years.[2] The documentary charts the romantic, little-known story of the origins of American airpower and features sequences filmed air-to-air with original WW1 planes.