COAST TO COAST IN 48 HOURS Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Coast to Coast in 48 Hours. Part One. Atterbury, Lindbergh, Keyes, Sheaffer, and Maddux sitting around desk, talking to camera with film introduction. Aerial view of New York City - views of Pennsylvania Station - people buying tickets - people boarding trains - sign, ‘The Airway Limited, Second Section’ - train leaving station - train under way - map showing route between New York and Port Columbus - people leaving train - views inside air terminal, weighing baggage - people boarding Ford Tri-Motor airplane - inside plane - Tri-Motor taxiing and taking off - plane over Columbus, Ohio - view of Pennsylvania Railroad train - map showing route between Columbus and Indianapolis - purser handing out maps to passengers - plane landing at Indianapolis - teletype announcing arrival - map showing route from Indianapolis to St. Louis - plane landing at St. Louis, passengers deplaning, entering terminal - plane engines being revved up - view inside hangar, mechanics and engines, Charles Lindbergh inspecting - passengers boarding plane - mechanic starting engine - taking off - map showing route from St. Louis to Kansas City - views in pilots cabin - men at terminal releasing weather balloon, taking reading - purser serving food to passengers - plane over Kansas City - map showing route to Wichita, Kansas - copilot calling Wichita - operator at Wichita talking - Lindbergh passing Tri-Motor in small biplane - passengers looking out window - aerial view of Wichita - map showing route from Wichita to Waynoka, Oklahoma - aerial view of oil derricks - passengers boarding bus in Waynoka - passengers eating dinner. [1929]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects