Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. LINDBERGH: THE EPIC AMERICAN TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. LINDBERGH: THE EPIC AMERICAN TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT

1927

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Pilots Rena Fonck, Rickard B. Byrd, Clarence Chamberlin, Francois Colt, and Charles Nungesser pose. Shows crashes in which these pilots were involved. The Spirit of St.Louis is fueled at Mineola N.Y., and Lindbergh takes off. He poses with Amb. Herrick in Paris; is decorated by Pres. Doumergue; takes off; is greeted at Antwerp and at Croydon, England; and poses with Amb. Houghton. The Memphis docks at D.C. Lindbergh is decorated by Pres. Coolidge at the Washington Monument. He lands a seaplane in N.Y. Harbor. He rides in a parade, meets Mayor Walker, and is decorated by Al Smith.

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