| TRAGEDIES OF THE AIR Crew of a clipper plane that crashed in the Pacific and the charred wreckage of a plane that crashed in Montana. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6358 |
| Catalog #: | 53825 | |
| Clip Number: | 53825-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/7 | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:48 - 01:26:57 | |
| Location: | Pacific Ocean and Montana | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Montana LOCATIONS/PACIFIC OCEAN: Misc TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Seaplanes | |
| Description: | "TRAGEDIES OF THE AIR". Pacific Ocean. Various shots of the Pan American Clipper of US Transport and the crew of the airplane. C/U of pilot Captain Edwin Musick (sp?). Sacks (of mail?) are loaded onto the seaplane which then takes off. Several shots of men wearing headphones and sitting at navigational equipment, intercut with air to air shots of the seaplane in flight. Commentator explains that the Clipper sent out a radio distress signal and then crashed into the ocean. Montana, United States of America. Several shots of the smoking wreckage of a Northwest air liner that crashed in flames in the snow-covered mountains of Montana. A rescue party tries to sort through the charred wreck, but all eight passengers and crew were killed in the crash. | |
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