Collection search - The Bremen Flight

UNIDENTIFIED

1973-0141

Film

1 of 1

1928

Pathé

The film begins with the news that the Bremen flight crew are safe. Shot of the Bremen as it takes off from Berlin to make its non-stop western flight to Ireland and America. Shot of a lighthouse, "Lighthouse that first told fliers they had crossed Atlantic Ocean". Shot of Greenly Island in the Straits of Belle Isle. Shot of a few inhabitants on the island.Shot of Major Fitzmaurice as he arrives on Seven Islands, Quebec from Greenly Island. Major Fitzmaurice and Duke Schiller pose for the camera. Shot of Major C. J. Romeril, and Major James Fitzmaurice, "...of the Irish Free State Air Forces!" "Miss Herta Junkers, daughter of designer of transatlantic airship." Map of the route taken by cameraman Hogan and pilot Fogg as they fly north to Seven Islands, Quebec. Shot of a relief plane as it leaves Murray Bay with repair parts. "The Bremen at Greenly Island." Shots of Baron Von Hunefeld, and Captain Koehl. <3mn 20s>

Silent with English intertitles

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