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Woman's hour of triumph!

British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
British Film Institute, owner.
Topical Film Co., production company.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aeronautics.
Airplanes.
Engineering.
Canada.
Great Britain.
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (3 minutes, 14 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
Place of Publication:
[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1928.
Summary:
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly the Atlantic. Amelia Earhart left Trepassey, Newfoundland on June 17th, the seaplane 'Friendship' (in which she was a passenger) landing 22 hours later on the 18th at Burry Port, South Wales, having run out of fuel. The pilot was Wilmer Stultz.
Notes:
Issue number: 878-1 ; Story number within issue: 11 of 11
Series: Topical Budget.
With intertitles.

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