Summary

Coast to Coast in 48 Hours, Reel 2

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Title: Coast to Coast in 48 Hours, Reel 2
File Number: DN-LB-105 Beta SP; PA-0747 Digibeta
Color: B W
Type: Industrial
Year: 1928
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 10:12:48:00 B W 1928 Sd. Animated map, Waynoka and Clovis marked. Women and men get off train, steam. Cuts to plane, passengers board. Plane up runway, takes off. Albuquerque on map with tiny animated plane. 10:13:35:00 B W 1928 Plane flying over mountains, AV of Albuquerque. 10:13:52:00 B W 1928 VS of Indians, good. (Sound is bad) Plane lands, travelers disembark and look at Indian goods for sale. Women looking at baskets and pottery. Int, fire burning in semi-circle shaped hearth, three women sit in front of fire, chatting. Indian chief shows young boy plane. Woman with child on her back looks too. 10:15:14:00 B W 1928 Int plane, passengers sitting down, looking out window, AV of plane's shadow on ground below. Animated map shows Winslow. Flying over mountains, clouds. 10:15:49:00 B W 1928 Woman passenger writing. AV of Winslow. MCU of tickertape message, 'Arrived Winslow 1:12 P.M.' Refueling plane, Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. tanker truck. Next stop is Kingman in Arizona. 10:16:23:00 B W 1928 Int of plane, passengers look at post card of crater, AV of meteor crater, good, flying over canyon. Tickertape message, arrival time in Kingman. Passengers leave Kingman terminal. 10:17:27:00 B W 1928 CU landing gear, wheels moving on runway, lifting at take off. AVs of Colorado river. Map showing route. AV of Mojave desert, mountains, clouds. VS of women and men in plane. AVs of Mount Wilson Observatory and Los Angeles. 10:19:10:00 B W 1928 Shot of LA transposed over aerial, trick. 10:19:20:00 B W 1928 Sign, 'TAT Los Angeles, San Francisco 378 Mi, Kingman 300 Mi.' Airport employee announces arrival, using megaphone, 'Plane from New York and the east arriving 4:20, on time.' Plane approaches runway. POV landing plane, hangars. Plane lands, taxis to terminal. Passengers disembark and are met by Amelia Earhart and Maddux. Women ignore them, wait for introductions. Older man shakes their hands, Earhart says she glad to hear they arrived safely. 10:20:51:00 B W 1928 Map of United States, transposed with MCU of train wheels, trains, plane, MCU Lindbergh in aviator hat and goggles on head, back to map. The End. Transportation-Passenger- Air. Aviation-History. Aircraft-Tri motor plane. Geography-US. Travel-Air. AVs-US-Landscape. Class-Upper. Aviators-Earhart- Lindbergh. Airport-Terminals. Indian-American. Crafts-Native American. Consumerism. Railroad-Trains. Fireplace. Animation-Map Ends 10:21:22:00
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