[1954 Flight]--Reel 3

Date1954

Can DescriptionsDonation originally made in 1992, rediscovered in backlog 2/2001. According to 1992 letter, films obtained by Arthur Verow from Herbert Babcock. Film is of 1954 flight by Babcock and three other men across the country. Films accompanied by audiocassette of interview of Babcock by Verow in 1988. NHF cataloger notes: (34:15), flash frames (can't make out picture), smoke and hot lava, aerial view of airport, cockpit view of plane landing, palm trees, ground-level viewof the beach, mountains from the air, (36:30) unidentified objects on the ground, landing the plane again, mountain panorama, (38: 30) San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay, large building complex on the ground (stadium? university?), snow-topped mountains, (40:45) on ground at airport, gassing up plane, (can make out letters on signs on buildings, but not complete words), (42:00) Grand Canyon, (44:20) less exotic landscapes, coast, horizon, coastal city, snow-covered rural landscape, snow-covered urban landscape, congratulations among men onthe ground, airplanes in the snow, reel ends (47:45)