| LE BOURGET - FRANCE'S FLYING GIRL HOME Aviator Meryse Hilsz arrives home after her attempt at a non-stop flight from Saigon. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6365 | |
| Catalog #: | 98379 | |
| Clip Number: | 98379-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/12 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:09 - 01:12:43 | |
| Location: | Le Bourget, France. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris OCCUPATIONS: Pilots OCCUPATIONS: Women TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Record Flights | |
| Description: | France's flying girl home. Le Bourget, France. Various shots of aviator Meryse Hilsz arriving back in France after her attempt at a non-stop flight from Saigon to Paris. Commentator says she crashed in the Persian Gulf but wasn't hurt. Meryse gets out of her plane and chats to people (journalists?) in the crowd waiting on the tarmac. Commentator comments on her "natty flying suit and charming permanent wave". | |
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