Speeding Airplane Successful In First Mail Rooftop Pickup

Clip: 340013_1_1

Year Shot: 1931 (Estimated Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1504

Original Film: 003-034-08

HD: N/A

Location: NORFOLK, VA

Timecode: 00:34:04 - 00:35:06

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High contrast, rolling, jumpy images Roger Wolf Kahn, millionaire's band leader-aviator son, flies here from New York and makes daring test at low altitude. Swooping down to within a few yards of building only 102 feet high, he thrice scoops up postal pouch catapulted from roof of structure. Triumph made in face of real peril.