Coast to Coast in 48 Hours
Coast to Coast in 48 Hours is a short film from ca. 1929 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
07:02:50:29 Great aerial of a speeding train cutting through countryside leaving behind long trail of white smoke; airplane enters frame in foreground of shot flying parallel to the train; passengers in early 1930s plane looking out plane window; aerial camera zooms in on speeding train; great image of topographical map of North America, miniature airplane on map flies from Columbus to Indianapolis, Indiana.
07:03:09:07 Pilot in 1930s airplane passes out souvenir maps to passengers; MS woman handed map; CU souvenir map held in disembodied hand, leather cover of map reads Coast to Cost by Plane and Train TAT Illustrated Map, ; 1930s woman looks in map on plane, disembodied hand points to Indianapolis on map; aerial of plane landing at Indianapolis airport.
07:03:35:13 CU disembodied hands type telegram on typewriter of teletype system; paper in typewriter has heading Teletype Message ; CU telegram strip reads General Office, westbound plane arrived Indianapolis 9:13 A.M ; MS two men read telegram; telegram strip scrolled through disembodied man s fingers reads westbound ship left Indianapolis 9:28 A.M
07:03:51:16 Topographical map of North America with animation of little airplane flying from Indianapolis to St. Louis. Aerial of Missouri and Mississippi Rivers near St. Louis; passengers dressed in 1930s fashion reading magazines in airplane; aerial of plane landing in St. Louis; TAT airplane on runway taxiing; passengers disembark airplane and enter airport terminal.
07:04:39:29 VS three airplane mechanics wearing white work suits working on plane motor; Colonel Lindbergh enters shop with two other men dressed in suits inspect workshop.
07:05:20:11 VS worker pumping gas into airplane engine; MS man takes out gas pump, propeller is running; plane takes off; topographical map shows miniature airplane fly from St. Louis to Kansas City.
07:05:51:17 CU two pilots in cockpit of antique 1930s commercial plane; CU pilots weather report; camera pans down airport weather station with various weather instruments on top of building, man holding weather balloon on balcony while looking through device on tripod, man lets go of weather balloon.
07:06:12:27 Aerial of Kansas City in 1930s; topographical map shows plane fly from Kansas City to Wichita, Kansas; aerial of plane at eye-level flying over Kansas; CU pilots in cockpit, co-pilot checks his watch, takes off his hat and puts on his headphones, makes call into radio that the plane will arrive to Wichita on time; CU man wearing headphones speaks into large round radio microphone the surface wind at Wichita is east, southeast at 8 miles per hour. Oh say Bill, Lindbergh is on the line, he ought to be passing your ship about now ; co-pilot in cockpit of plane speaks into radio Hey Bill they re making pictures up here today, we re in the movies now boy, so long ; aerial of TAT plane, second plane flown by Colonel Charles Lindbergh passes commercial plane in midair; great shot of passengers in plane excitedly looking out plane window to see Lindbergh.
07:07:51:29 Topographical map shows airplane fly from Kansas City to Wichita; aerial of Wichita; topographical map shows plane fly to Waynoka.
07:08:04:21 Aerial of farmland near Waynoka, Oklahoma, littered with oil derricks.
07:08:37:16 Topographical map shows train travel between Waynoka, Oklahoma and Clovis, New Mexico; train passengers in 1930s fashion disembark train; TAT airplane takes off; topographical map shows plane fly from Clovis to Albuquerque, New Mexico; aerial TAT plane flying over mountain range near Albuquerque.
07:09:09:10 Aerial of Albuquerque, New Mexico with tip of plane wing in frame; audio track you re in Indian country now and awaiting you at the airport is a delegation of 100% Americans, keenly interested in air travel, and air travelers ; VS Native-American family with cute little children wearing traditional garb, wait outside for plane to land at airport; plane pulls taxis into Albuquerque Airport terminal, terminal is a traditional New Mexican adobe building; passengers disembark plane and look at the Native-Americans pottery and handiworks; 3 woman in 1930s style dress sit down on couch in front of adobe fireplace with framed portrait of an Native-American chief mounted above the fireplace.
07:10:02:12 VS native-American Chief Tippecanoe shows young native-American boy the TAT airplane; audio track Chief Tippecanoe of the local tribes brings in future young brave for a look at White man s latest surprise.. , native-American woman carrying baby comes to look at the plane.
07:10:37:07 Passengers in 1930s dress find their seats in small airplane; aerial of New Mexican desert with shadow of airplane coasting over it; topographical map shows airplane flying from Albuquerque to Winslow, Arizona; aerial with plane propeller along edge of frame of San Mateo Mountains peaking through gap in thick clouds; woman in pane writing a letter; aerial of the Painted Desert; aerial of Winslow, Arizona.
07:11:44:15 Topographical map shows little airplane fly from Winslow to Kingman; passengers inside plane, MS woman looks at souvenir postcard from voyage; VS aerial of TAT plane flying over meteor crater, meteor crater aerial without plane in frame, geologist barely visible in bottom of crater; VS aerials of Keams Canyon.
07:12:57:26 Great shot of old man in airplane wearing pince nez and old-fashioned wool suit with bow tie, man looks out window of plane; aerial of river at intersection of borders of California, Nevada and Arizona; topographical map shows plane fly from Kingman to Los Angeles; aerial of Mojave Desert 60 miles south of Death Valley.
07:13:59:01 Great VS aerial plane flying over the observatory atop Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains; shot of Mt. Wilson observatory without plane in frame; aerial patches of farmland near Los Angeles; aerial of downtown L.A.
07:14:53:16 CU Charles Lindbergh wearing hat and goggles on forehead.| Coast to Coast in 48 Hours | |
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| Produced by | Visugraphic Pictures, Inc. |
Production companies | Visugraphic Pictures, Inc. |
| Distributed by | Visugraphic Pictures, Inc. |
Release date | ca. 1929 |
| Language | English |
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