- Title: VM-503
- Summary: COAST TO COAST IN 48 HOURS: 4384 INCLUDES SCENES WITH LUCKY LINDY. EARLY COMMERCIAL AIRLINES FOOTAGE. AMERICAN AIRLINES CIRCA 1931. TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR TRANSPORT, INC
- Description:00:43:41 - FIVE MEN SIT AT WOODEN DESK, COLONEL LINDBERG, TALK ABOUT COMMERCIAL FLYING, TOURISM, SAVING TIME, NY TO CALIFORNIA, POOR AUDIO, "RAIL AIRLINE" 00:45:00 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF 1930S NEW YORK CITY, GRAND CENTRAL STATION, INTERIOR FOOTAGE OF BUSY STATION, CROWDS, BUYING TICKETS, AIRWAY STATION TROLLEY, 00:45:48 - FOOTAGE OF TRAIN MOVING ALONG TRACKS, POV TRAIN WHEELS 00:45:56 - MAP AND MODEL OF US, MODEL TRAIN MOVING FROM NY TO OHIO 00:46:02 - TRAIN PULLING INTO STATION 00:46:07 - PORT COLUMBUS BILLBOARD, TAT AIRLINES, TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR TRANSPORT, INC. 00:46:09 - PEOPLE DISEMBARKING FROM TRAIN, BAGGAGE CARTS, CONDUCTORS IN UNIFORM 00:46:13 - TRAIN DEPOT INTERIOR 00:46:21 - WEIGHING BAGGAGE, 30 LB LIMIT, CU OF SCALE 00:46:26 - TRAVELERS IN FRONT OF TICKET WINDOW, TRAIN STATION, FUR COATS 00:46:31 - PASSENGERS GET INTO SMALL, PROP PLANE, STEP STOOL , OVAL DOOR, TAT 00:46:39 - INT OF SMALL PLANE, MEN AND WOMEN WEAR HATS AND COATS, VERY NARROW PLANE, NO AISLE 00:46:43 - EXT AIRPORT, SMALL PROP PLANE TAXIS AND TAKES OFF 00:46:55 - AERIAL VIEW OF MOVING PLANE, COLUMBUS, OHIO BELOW 00:47:00 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF COLUMBUS OHIO 00:47:06 - INTERIOR OF SMALL PASSENGER PLANE 00:47:10 - AERIAL VIEW OF TRAIN MOVING THROUGH SNOWY FIELDS, AIRPLANE WING VISIBLE 00:47:18 - PLANE INT, STEWARD 00:47:20 - AERIAL VIEW OF MOVING TRAIN FROM MOVING PLANE, TRAIN WHISTLE, STEAM 00:47:26 - CONTOUR MAP OF NORTH AMERICA WITH INDIANAPOLIS AND COLUMBUS MARKED, MODEL OF PLANE AND TRAIN MOVING ACROSS 00:47:31 - INT OF SMALL PLANE, STEWARD HANDS OUT MAPS 00:47:35 - CU OF SOUVENIR MAPS, "COAST TO COAST BY PLANE AND TRAIN TAT ILLUSTRATED MAP" IN WOMAN'S HAND 00:47:37 - WOMAN WITH OUTSPREAD MAP IN LAP TURNS AND ASKS QUESTION 00:47:41 - CU OF MAP OF WITH IMAGE OF PLANE SUPERIMPOSED OVER IT 00:47:51 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF RURAL AREA, FARMS, SMALL PLANE LANDS 00:47:56 - CU OF TELETYPE MACHINE, HANDS TYPING 00:48:00 - CU OF TELETYPE MESSAGE 00:48:04 - MEN IN OFFICE READ TELETYPE MACHINE 00:48:08 - CU OF TELETYPE MESSAGE 00:48:14 - CONTOUR MAP OF NORTH AMERICA WITH INDIANAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS MARKED, MODEL OF PLANE AND TRAIN MOVING ACROSS 00:48:19 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF MISSOURI AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS 00:48:21 - INT OF PASSENGER PLANE 00:48:25 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF SNOWY FIELDS 00:48:30 - PLANE LANDING, AIRPORT, ST LOUIS, MISSOURI 00:48:49 - PASSENGERS DISEMBARKING SMALL AIRPLANE, ST LOUIS 00:48:56 - PROP PLANE, ST LOUIS AIRPORT 00:48:59 - CU OF PROP ENGINE 00:49:02 - AIRPLANE FACTORY, MEN WORKING, PROP ENGINES 00:49:09 - MEN IN SUITS ENTER FACTORY FLOOR, CHARLES LINDBERG, INSPECTION 00:49:30 - CU OF PROP ENGINE 00:49:33 - MS THROUGH PLANE WING OF PASSENGERS GETTING ON PLANE, STEWARD PICKS UP STEP STOOL AND SHUTS DOOR 00:49:43 - MAINTAINENCE MAN WORKING ON PLANE ENGINE 00:49:55 - PLANE TAKING OFF FROM ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 00:50:10 - CONTOUR MAP OF NORTH AMERICA WITH ST LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY MARKED, MODEL OF PLANE AND TRAIN MOVING ACROSS 00:50:12 - AIRPLANE COCKPIT, CONTROLS, POV BEHIND PILOT AND CO-PILOT 00:50:16 - CU OF PILOTS WEATHER REPORT, TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR TRANSPORT 00:50:19 - WEATHER STATION, WEATHER BALLOON RELEASED, MEN WITH EQUIPMENT, CLIPBOARDS, TAKING NOTES 00:50:37 - CU MAKING ENTRIES ON WEATHER CHART, PILOT BALLOON ASCENSION 00:50:41 - INT PLANE, STEWARD SERVING LUNCH, PASSING PLATE OF SLICED WHITE BREAD WITH NO CRUST, PASSENGERS EAT EAGERLY 00:50:53 - MS OF PASSENGERS EATING ON SMALL PLANE, 1930S, WIPING MOUTH DAINTILY 00:51:00 - CONTOUR MAP OF NORTH AMERICA WITH KANSAS CITY AND ST. LOUIS MARKED, MODEL OF PLANE AND TRAIN MOVING ACROSS 00:51:02 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF KANSAS CTIY 00:51:07 - CONTOUR MAP OF NORTH AMERICA 00:51:10 - MOVING PLANE 00:51:14 - SIDE VIEW OF PILOT AND CO-PILOT INSIDE COCKPIT, CHECKING WATCH, REMOVING HAT, PUT ON HEADPHONES, MICROPHONE, CONTACTS CONTROL TOWER AT WICHITA 00:51:32 - VERTICAL PAN OF WICHITA CONTROL TOWER, 1930S 00:51:37 - INT OF AIR CONTROL TOWER, MAN WITH HEADPHONES LISTENING, TALKING 00:51:43 - INT COCKPIT, REPORTING POSITION, GRANVILLE 00:51:51 - INT OF AIR CONTROL TOWER, MAN WITH HEADPHONES LISTENING, TALKING 00:51:57 - INT OF COCKPIT, CO PILOT AT WORK 00:52:07 - CU OF AIR CONTROL TOWER EMPLOYEE AND MICROPHONE, CALLS PLANE "SHIP", LINDBERG 00:52:20 - INT OF COCKPIT, MENTIONS LINDBERG, MAKING PICTURES, SMILES, PUTS PILOT 'S HAT BACK ON 00:52:49 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF COLONEL CHARLES LINDBERG FLYING BY PASSENGER AIRPLANE, OPEN COCKPIT 00:52:57 - MS OF LINDBERG FLYING, OPEN COCKPIT, BI-PLANE 00:53:02 - PASSENGERS IN SMALL PLANE EXCITED, LOOK OUT WINDOWS 00:53:04 - TWO PLANES MID AIR 00:53:08 - PASSENGERS IN SMALL PLANE EXCITED, LOOK OUT WINDOWS 00:53:09 - TWO PLANES MID AIR, LINDBERG 00:53:13 - CONTOUR MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, US, WICHITA, KANSAS CITY 00:53:16 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF WICHITA, AIRPLANE FACTORIES, "FLY AWAY WICHITA" 00:53:19 - MAP 00:53:23 - PLANE FLYING 00:53:26 - AERIAL VIEW OF OIL DERRICKS 00:53:33 - MAP WITH WAYNOKA, OKLAHOMA 00:53:35 - CU OF TELETYPE 00:53:39 - PASSENGERS GET ON TROLLEY AT AIRPORT 00:53:41 - MS OF PASSENGER GETTING ON BOARD, INT POV 00:53:49 - INT VIEW OF TROLLEY WITH PASSENGERS IN COATS TALKING, ENJOYING THEMSELVES 00:53:59 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1931
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-503
