| 11 Saved In Airline Crack-Up By Skill Of Rick Merrill | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1518 |
| Catalog #: | 345829 | |
| Clip Number: | 345829-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 008-521-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:11:01 - 00:11:49 | |
| Location: | PORT JERVIS, N.Y. | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New Jersey | |
| Description: | Shaky, blurry, light in contrast and imagery Faced with disaster in a blinding storm, Dick Merrill puts his big Eastern Air Lines Miami transport safely down on the side of a mountain. The trans-atlantic flier is the only one of eleven persons to be badly injured. Here the pilot is seen with the nurse who is taking his pulse. | |
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