Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. BREMEN AIRPLANE FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC OCEAN

ArchivalResource

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. BREMEN AIRPLANE FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC OCEAN

1928

Summary: Coverage of the German Junkers monoplane, Bremen, trans-Atlantic flight from Germany with Baron Guenther von Huenefe1d, Capt. James Fitzmaurice, and Capt. Herman Koehl as crew. Included are scenes of the Bremen crew at wreath laying ceremonies at the George Washington Statue in New York, being decorated by President Calvin Coolidge in Washington, D.C. and on Greenly Island with their downed plane. BREDEN CREW SHOWERED WITH MANY HONORS, WALL STREET CROWDS CHEER AS FLYERS PAY TRIBUTE TO FATHER OF COUNTRY. PATHE NEWS. 4': Scenes of crowds at base of George Washington Statue, Wall Street, New York City. 15': PATHE NEWS. WHERE WASHINGTON TOOK OATH AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT. 23': Scenes of crowd in streets and wreath laying ceremonies at the George Washington Statue. 51': PATHE NEWS. AND AT WSSHINGTON, SECRETARY OF STATE KEOGG WELCOMES AIRHEROES TO NATIONAL CAPITOL. 62': Scenes of Bremen crew being greeted by Secretary of State Kellogg. 83': PATHE NEWS. COL. LINDBERGH EXTENDS CONGRATULATIONS. 89': MS Col. Lindbergh shaking hands with members of Bremen crew. 100': PATHE NEWS. HAILED AT THE CAPITOL. 106': Scenes of crowds and Bremen crew arriving at the Capitol Building. 132': PATHE NEWS. OFF TO WHITE HOUSE. 137': MS of Bremen crew on streets of Washington, D.C. on way to the White House. 145': PATHE NEWS. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE DECORATES HEROES WTIH DISTINGUISHED FIXING CROSS. 155': MS of US President Calvin Coolidge decorating members of Bremen crew with DFC's shows Bremen crew. 214': FIRST PICTURES OF BREMEN AND FIXERS AT GREENLY ISLAND. 218': PARAMOUNT NEWS BRINGS TO WORLD FIRST SCENES SHOWING CAPTAIN KOEHL AND BARON GUENTHER VON HUENEPELD WITH THEIR PLANE WHERE THEY WERE FORCED DOWN AFTER MAKING FIRST WESTWARD TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT, FACING SAME STORMS AND ICY FOGS THAT FORCED BREMEN DOWN. PARAM0UNT CAMERAMAN ACHIEVES ONE OF THE MOST DARING EXPLOITS IN NEWSREEL HISTORY, FLYING MORE THAN 2500 MILES TO THIS ISOLATED POST AND BACK. 256': MS of animated map showing flight route of newsreel cameraman to Greenly Island off Labrador. 284': PARAMOUNT NEWS. PARAMOUNT NEWS ACE CAMERMAN ROY FERNSTROM, WHO MADE FIRST PICTURES OF BREMAN AND THE FIXERS, RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS. 298': MS of Fernstrom debarking from aircraft in Arctic. 312': PAR&N0UNT NEWS. GREENLY ISLAND, FERNSTROM GRINDS FIRST VIEWS OF DESOLATE SPOT AS HIS PLANE APPROACHES SHOWING LIGHTHOUSE WHICH ATTRACTS THE GERMAN FLYERS ATTENTION. 326': ALS's of Green1y Island. 349': PARMOUNT NEWS. THE BREMEN--FIRST PICTURES SHOW HER DISABLED EXACTLY AS SHE LANDED AFTER COMPLETING FAMOUS FLIGHT. 360': LS's RV of damaged Junkers monoplane, Bremen. 373': PARAMOUNT NEWS. THE GERMAN FLYERS FACE THEIR FIRST AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE CAMERA, CAPT. KOEHL AND BARON VON HUENEFELD. 374': PARAMOUNT NEWS. WE FLEW FOR HOURS AND HOURS OVER COUNTRY LIKE THAT WHICH FLYERS TELL THEIR HOSTS ABOUT POINTING TO DESOLATE STRETCHES OF ICE SURROUNDING GREENLY ISLAND. 382': MS Bremen crew. 398': PARAMOUNT NEWS. THE FLYERS POINT OUT FOR PARAMOUNT NEWS THE DAMAGE TO THE BREMEN. 403': Scenes of the Bremen crew pointing out damage to the Bremen. 425': PARAMOUNT NEWS. THE LANDING GEAR HOPELESSLY OUT OF COMMISSION UNITL REPAIR PARTS ARRIVE. 432': CU of damaged landing gear. 444': MLS of Bremen in snow. 451': PARAMOUNT NEWS. INSIDE THE LE TEMPLE HOME, THE FAMILY AND ITS' DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AT DINNER. 459': MS's of Bremen crew at dinner in the Le Temple home. 483': PARAMOUNT NEWS. THE GOOD LUCK TOKEN FROM IRELAND, FLYERS SHOW MINIATURES OF BREMEN WITH THE LUCKY PIG SYMBOL WHICH THE AIRMEN RECEIVED JUST BEFORE TAKING OFF. 497': MCU of Bremen crew showing miniatures of Bremen to the Le Temple family. 509': PARAMOUNT NEWS. COMMANDANT FITZMAURICE WENT TO MUARRY BAY BY RELY PLANE SEEKING REPAIR PARTS FOR BREMEN. 518': LS of Ford-Stout monoplane coming in for landing. 536': MS of Commandant Fitzmaurice debarking from aircraft. 542': LS crowd on ramp. 548': PARAMOUNT NEWS. CONFERRING WITH MISS HERTA JUNKERS, DAUGHTER OF BREMEN'S DESIGNER, ABOUT THE REPAIR PARTS. 558': MCU SV of Miss Herta Junkers and Commandant Fitzmaurice. 565': PARAMOUNT NEWS. COMMANDANT JAMES C. FITZMAURICE, GALLANT IRISH AVIATOR WHO ACCOMPANIED THE GERMANS FLYERS AS COPILOT, WITH CAPT KOEHL. 578': CU FV of Capt. Fitzmaurice. 585': PARAMOUNT NEWS. BARON GUENTHER VON HUENEFELD WHO SPENT HIS ALL TO MAKE FLIGHT POSSIBLE, THE BARON UNDISMAYED BY DISASTER TO FIRST THREE ATTEMPTS OF WESTWARD FLIGHTS PROVED HIS FAITH BY FLYING HIMSELF. 602': CU FV of Baron Guenther von Huenefeld. 610': PATHE NEWS. AT MURRAY BAY RELIEF SHIP WITH FITZMAURIGE AND BALCHEN AT CONTBOLS STARTS TO AID OF BREMEN. 624': MS of Miss Herta Junkers watching relief crew boarding aircraft. 649': MLS of ski-equipped tri-motored Ford-Stout monoplane taking off to right. 680': GERMAMS REPAIR SHIP AT GREENLY ISLAND. MAKE BREMEN READY FOR NEW YORK HOP. PATHE NEWS. 692': Scenes of damaged Bremen being repaired. 709': PATHE NEWS. BARON GUENTRER VON HUENEFELD LEADER OF ADVENTURE OF THE BREEEN. 717': ECU FV of Baron von Huenefeld. 730': PATHE NEWS. CAPT. KOEHL FIRST PILOT. 735': ECU FV of Gapt. Herman Koehl. 742': PATHE NEWS. CAPT. KOEHL HAS BRUISED FOREHEAD. FV of Capt. Herman Koeh1. 759': MS FV Capt. Koehl and Baron von Huenefeld. 767': PATHE NEWS. ENTIRE POPULATION OF GREENLY ISLAND. 773': MS FV of Greenly Island natives. 785': FIRST TO GREET FLYERS. 791': MCU FV first two Green1y Islanders to greet flyers. 799': PATHE NEWS. PILOT ROBERT FOGG OF PATHE NEWS PLANE EXAMINES DAMAGED PROPELLER. 810': Scenes of pilot Fogg examining damaged Bremen propeller. 825': PATHE NEWS. CAPT. KOEHL PUTS FINAL TOUCHES ON BREREN BEFORE ARRIVAL OF RELIEF SHIP. 835': Scenes of Bremen being repaired. 861': BREMEN READY FOR TAKEOFF WHEN LANDING GEAR IS REPAIRED. 868': MLS of damaged Bremen in snow on Greenly Island. 877' Total footage in reel. Good

eng, Latn

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6496484

National Archives at College Park

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h52h4z (person)

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-...

Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd43pr (person)

Lawyer and politician Frank Billings Kellogg was born in New York, and raised in Minnesota. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began a long career in public service as city attorney of Rochester, Minnesota. He served as president of the American Bar Association, and as United States Senator from Minnesota and Ambassador to Great Britain. While serving as Calvin Coolidge's Secretary of State, he co-authored the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris, outlawing war an...

Fogg, Robert

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p14bcz (person)

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f29nmw (person)

Epithet: president of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00001d Calvin Coolidge's son John married John Trumbull's daughter Florence. From the description of Letter, 1931 March 16, Northampton, Mass., to John H. Trumbull, Plainville, Conn. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 25622017 For information on Pres. Coolidge, see an encyclopedia. No information is...