| WONDERFUL AMY ...Female aviator Amy Johnson breaks record for flight to Cape Tow | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5479 |
| Catalog #: | 191927 | |
| Clip Number: | 191927-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 32/98 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:26 - 01:01:34 | |
| Location: | Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Spectators LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa PERSONALITIES: Johnson, Amy TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Record Flights | |
| Description: | "South Africa. Wonderful Amy ... in the 'Desert Cloud' - reaches Cape Town in 4 days 6 hrs 52 mins, beating her husband - Jim Mollison's record - by 10 1/2 hours!" Cape Town, South Africa. Crowds gathered at the airport in Cape Town. Amy Johnson's small monoplane comes in to land. She has flown over 6,000 miles. Closer shots of the plane, 'The Desert Cloud', as it taxies to a halt. Members of the crowd move across the airfield towards the plane. C/U Amy Johnson at the Club House. | |
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