Boom Days - PT2
Boom Days - PT2
American History and Politics 1927: Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic.
Boom Days - PT2
Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic Ocean: TLS crowd racing across airfield in France, night, May 21, 1927. MS American flag flying from pole. TLS American Embassy in Paris, France. Low angle MS/TLSs aviator CHARLES LINDBERGH posing w/ U.S. Ambassador to France MYRON HERRICK on balcony. TLS crowd outside embassy. MS Charles Lindbergh posing in front of Spirit of St. Louis. CU Charles Lindbergh. MS Lindbergh leaving US embassy in Paris, boarding car. LS Lindbergh boarding U.S. ship, sailors standing on deck. LS sailors standing, saluting.
Boom Days - PT2
Charles Lindbergh returns to the United States, New York's Welcome Home: Profile MS Lindbergh looking through binoculars, rear admiral standing beside him. Excellent aerial of the Statue of Liberty (backside) & Liberty Island, boats in harbor. Great panning TLS harbor clogged with steamships spewing smoke. Traveling shot sailors sitting on bow of sailing ship. TLS/LSs massive tickertape (ticker tape, ticker-tape) parade along Broadway in New York City. High angle TLS crowd of men, litany of fedoras & straw boater hats.
Boom Days - PT2
Charles Lindbergh Hero's Welcome in Washington DC: GV Charles Lindbergh alighting U.S. naval vessel w/ his mother Evangeline Lindbergh (VO also mentions Navy Sec. Charles Adams, though he did not hold the post until 1929; Curtis Wilbur was Sec. in 1927). MS Lindy shaking hands w/ crowd on dock. GV Lindbergh entourage leaving docks via open-air car. LSs Lindy arriving at ceremony in DC. MS President Calvin Coolidge greeting Lindbergh at podium. High angle LS massive crowd gathered. MS President Calvin Coolidge awarding Charles Lindbergh w/ the Distinguished Flying Cross.