Sky Billboards (1935)

★★★★★ · Not bored by these 'boards · 2muchtv · 2003-05-20

1935, when an enterprising fellow could buy a couple of biplanes and start his own sky writing business. Exquisite aerial photography, fascinating information, and occasionally breath-taking shots of sky writing in progress. Who isn't awe-struck by 300-foot letters written 2 miles high - by airplanes? Very well made, quite watchable, especially for the time.

★★★★ · No heels on the wings please.. · Spuzz · 2005-06-06

Fun little film that tells how Skywriting is done. Since there's not a lot of skywriting being done nowadays (I think.. I havent heard of the practice being done recently), this is quite a interesting time capsule. It tells all of what needs to be used ("smoke oil" and what difficulties the pilots must overcome to spell out letters in the sky. Interesting stuff.