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Wings Over the Atlantic

Accession number: 
1937.0002

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Production Years: 
1937

Languages:

  • English
  • French
Film Properties: 
  • 16mm
  • Black and White
  • Sound
Length (feet): 
680 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
19

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Library and Archives Canada: 16mm, VHS, Betacam.
"A record of the first commercial trans-Atlantic flight between London and New York via Gander, Newfoundland on July 5, 1937. Included with scenes of the departure and arrival, are scenes of the construction of Gander airport. Planes involved are the US Pan-American Clipper, Britain Imperial Airways, and Caledonian Flying Boat."

Bibliography: 

Peter Morris, Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema, 1895-1939, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1978.