Flying Padre

1951 short film directed by Stanley Kubrick
Movie short_film Q1434632
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Summary

Flying Padre is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,199 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Flying Padre's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • Flying Padre was directed by Stanley Kubrick[4].
  • Stanley Kubrick wrote the screenplay for Flying Padre[5].
  • Flying Padre's composer is recorded as Nathaniel Shilkret[6].
  • Flying Padre's genre is documentary film[7].
  • A cast member of Flying Padre was Bob Hite[8].
  • Flying Padre's production company is recorded as RKO Pictures[9].
  • Flying Padre's director of photography is recorded as Stanley Kubrick[10].
  • The original language of Flying Padre was English[11].
  • Flying Padre's color is recorded as black-and-white[12].
  • Flying Padre's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • Flying Padre was published on January 1, 1951[14].
  • Flying Padre's distributed by is recorded as RKO Pictures[15].
  • Flying Padre's main subject is aviation[16].
  • Flying Padre's film editor is recorded as Stanley Kubrick[17].
  • Flying Padre's title is recorded as Flying Padre[18].
  • Flying Padre's duration is recorded as {'amount': '+9'}[19].
  • Flying Padre's narrator is recorded as Bob Hite[20].
  • Flying Padre's production designer is recorded as Stanley Kubrick[21].
  • Flying Padre's P14449 is recorded as 171169[22].
  • Flying Padre's P14724 is recorded as 8039880[23].

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Authorship and Creation

Flying Padre was directed by Stanley Kubrick[4]. Stanley Kubrick wrote the screenplay for it[5]. A cast member of it was Bob Hite[8].

Publication

Flying Padre was published on January 1, 1951[14]. The original language of it was English[11]. Its genre is documentary film[7].

Subject and Themes

Flying Padre's main subject is aviation[16].

Why It Matters

Flying Padre ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,199 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Kwayst · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 8039880
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14724: 8039880"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 48676
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 48676, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → aviation
    Aliases → —
    Production designer → Stanley Kubrick
    P14449 → 171169
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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