Flying Padre

Flying Padre is a 1951 short subject (8-minute) black-and-white documentary, which is only notable as the second picture directed by Stanley Kubrick.

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1951 - Documentary - Stanley Kubrick

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The subject is a Catholic priest in rural New Mexico, Father Fred Stadtmuller. Because his 400-square mile parish is so large, he uses a Piper Cub airplane (named the "Spirit of St. Joseph") to travel from one isolated settlement to another.

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Catholic - Priest - New Mexico - Square mile - Parish - Piper Cub

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In the film, we see him providing guidance, giving sermons at funerals, and serving as an impromptu air ambulance by flying a sick child and its mother to hospital.

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Sermons - Air ambulance

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