Bird-Woman Hops Over Ocean For New Air Record
Bird-Woman Hops Over Ocean For New Air Record
Clip: 345538_1_1
Year Shot: 1936
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1516
Original Film: 008-491-01
HD: N/A
Location: BALEINE COVE, NOVA SCOTIA
Timecode: 00:00:29 - 00:02:44
Rolling, light in contrast and imagery Bird-Woman Hops Over Ocean For New Air Record Exclusive pictures show the landing, in a dangerous bog, made by Mrs. Beryl Markham at the end of the blonde English mother's record-breaking flight westward across the Atlantic from Great Britain. Thousands give the bird-woman a tumultuous greeting as she reaches gotham. In a dramatic newsreel interview, the flier shows evidence of the strain her amazing escape from death had upon her. A police escort whisks her to her New York hotel where she tells her plans for the immediate future.