Sheffield home movie collection, Reel 2, Rolls 6-8 (hm-sheff_0087)

@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Test screen. Black slug. Segment one: Title screen, 0:59. Title screen: "Kodak cinegraph." "Lindbergh The Epic American Trans-Atlantic Flight." "The goddess of fame beckoned, and six brave men went to their deaths before the world acclaimed today's greatest hero- Captain Charles A. Lindbergh of America." Segment two: Charles Lindbergh, 1:18. Charles Lindbergh appears on the screen. Segment three: Fonck's plane, 1:23. Title: "It was on September 21, 1926, that Fonck's great Sikorsky plane turned turtle and burned up as it started for Paris." The camera shows a plane lifting off the ground. The plane catches on fire and is engulfed in flames. Segment four: Byrd's plane, 1:40. Title: "But suddenly grim fate steps in again and takes a hand, first wrecking Byrd's big Fokker, crippling him and his assistants Noville and Bennett, on April 16." A man in uniform is interviewed by someone off camera. Segment five: Plane flips, 1:52. The camera shows a plane attempting to land but flipping over. A crowd of people run over to the plane. Segment six: Bellanca plane, 2:11. Title: "Then the Bellanca plane is damaged during takeoff and Chamberlin barely saves the lives of himself and two little girl passengers." A plane with "140" painted on its side lifts off the ground. It flies around in the sky for a bit and then it lands back on the ground. The plane does not land properly. A group of people run over to the plane. Segment seven: Davis and Wooster, 2:40. Title: "But even...

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