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COAST TO COAST IN 48 HOURS Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Coast to Coast in 48 Hours. Part One. Atterbury, Lindbergh, Keyes, Sheaffer, and Maddux sitting around desk, talking to camera with film introduction. Aerial view of New York City - views of Pennsylvania Station - people buying tickets - people boarding trains - sign, ‘The Airway Limited, Second Section’ - train leaving station - train under way - map showing route between New York and Port Columbus - people leaving train - views inside air terminal, weighing baggage - people boarding Ford Tri-Motor airplane - inside plane - Tri-Motor taxiing and taking off - plane over Columbus, Ohio - view of Pennsylvania Railroad train - map showing route between Columbus and Indianapolis - purser handing out maps to passengers - plane landing at Indianapolis - teletype announcing arrival - map showing route from Indianapolis to St. Louis - plane landing at St. Louis, passengers deplaning, entering terminal - plane engines being revved up - view inside hangar, mechanics and engines, Charles Lindbergh inspecting - passengers boarding plane - mechanic starting engine - taking off - map showing route from St. Louis to Kansas City - views in pilots cabin - men at terminal releasing weather balloon, taking reading - purser serving food to passengers - plane over Kansas City - map showing route to Wichita, Kansas - copilot calling Wichita - operator at…
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- Running time
- 8 minutes
- Collection
- News & Public Affairs
- Internet Archive item
- fc-fc-4383
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- National Archives
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