Admiral Richard E. Byrd Collection. 1926 - 1935. Motion Picture Films. 1926 - 1935. TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT OF THE AMERICA

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Admiral Richard E. Byrd Collection. 1926 - 1935. Motion Picture Films. 1926 - 1935. TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT OF THE AMERICA

1927

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On Floyd Bennett and Adm. Byrd's flight to Europe. Part 1 (Kinograms), the Fokker plane, the America, is tested in aerial acrobatics. Bennett and Byrd pose and the plane takes off. Part 2 (Paramount News), the America lands in the water off Versurmer, France, and the flyers float to shore on a life raft. Shows parades in St. Nazaire and Paris; Byrd meeting the aviators Bleriot and Chamberlin in Paris; and a parade in New York City.

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Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...