| First Pictures Of Richman-Merrill Plane Crack Up | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1516 |
| Catalog #: | 345571 | |
| Clip Number: | 345571-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 008-494-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:33:27 - 00:35:45 | |
| Location: | MUSGRAVE HARBOR, NEWFOUNDLAND | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Record Flights | |
| Description: | Rolling light in contrast and imagery Relief comes to Dick Merrill and Harry Richman. New York actor and night club entertainer, as the wreckage of their plane is found in bog on their return flight from England to the United States. With the propeller broken in its crash, the machine lies helpless in the midst of desolate flatland along the coast that the fliers hoped to span in the first round-trip hop between America and Europe. The $95,000. Plane was forced down in the wilderness when it ran out of gas just after reaching the shore line of North America. | |
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