Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. NT

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. NT

1947-1984

Summary: 1) MS Charles Lindberg standing next to his plane, the "Spirit of St. Louis." Civilians in bg. 2) MS Lindberg & his mother standing next to the "Spirit of St. Louis". 3) LS "Spirit of St. Louis" being towed by a truck. 4) LS Civilians servicing & refueling "Spirit of St. Louis." 5) MS Civilian helping Lingberg into flying clothes. 6) CU Lindbergh's face. 7) LS Civilians pushing the "Spirit of St. Louis," hangar in bg. 8) LS Lindberg & his mother, Hangar & civilian in bg. 9) LS Lindberg getting into the "Spirit of St. Louis." 10) LSSV "Spirit of St. Louis" taking off. 11) MS Lindberg standing next to the "Spirit of St. Louis." 12) LSSV Same as scene 10. 13) DS "Spirit of St. Louis" flying over cultivated terrain. 14) MS Lindberg standing next to "Spirit of St. Louis." Reel 2: 1) CU Charles Lindbergh atanding in front of his plane, the "Spirit of St. Louis."--Ryan monoplane. 2) MS Ryan monoplane (Spirit of St. Louis) landing. 3) MS Crowd of civilions around Lindbergh's Ryan monoplane (Spirit of St. Louis). 4) CU Lindbergh standing in front of the Spirit of St Louis. 5) CU Lindbergh and his mother in front of the Spirit of St. Louis. 6) CS Lindbergh and his mother. 7) CU Lindbergh preparing his plane for Atlantic flight. 8) MS Fueling Spirit of St. Louis. Crowd fg. 9) MS Spirit of St. Louis takes off. 1O) AMS Spirit of St. Louis in flight. 11) MS large crowd of French Civilians. 12) CS America's to France Myron T. Herrick. 13) LS Three French planes in formation. 14) MS large crowd of French civilians on Le Bourget Field. 15) LS Ambassador Herrick waves Lindbergh's helmet. 16) MS Same as scene 14. Good

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...