The Secret Life of the World's Busiest Airport
Genres
Overview
Each year over 100 million passengers pass through Hartfield Jackson Atlanta airport - making it the busiest in the world. With an extraordinary all-areas-pass, this film offers up a unique combination of jaw-dropping scale and surprisingly intimate stories, to build a picture of the daily challenges faced by some of its 63,000 staff.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
67 min
Release Date
2018-08-11
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8
Jason Done
Narrator
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