Movie: Gander International: The Airport in the Middle of Nowhere

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    In 1938 an airfield was built at the northeastern-most end of America, the descent went slowly but incessantly through the Cold War. This is the story of how its inhabitants gradually moved away from the great world stage and had to reinvent themselves as well as their home town.

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    2019-01-01

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