COAST TO COAST IN 48 HOURS - NYC TO LA

[Music] [Music] the [Music] gentlemen and Friends of avation who are witnessing this Motion Picture travel by train and airplane from California to the east or from the East to California is the modern achievement in transportation to save time to see America First and to enjoy the real fun of fly I recommend it to you and I am sure colon mberg who is Chairman of our technical committee and Mr CM one of America's Pioneers in airplane transportation who are sitting here with me also recommended to you acally you see colon Lindberg in this picture making one of his regular inspection trips over the route which he helped to select for this great rail Airline and now just picture yourself taking this rail and air journey to California starting any day of the year at 6:00 in the evening from the city of New York in the heart of New York a great Railroad Station marks the beginning of your transcontinental Rail and air Journey from coast to coast here at any one of the windows we buy our tickets to California as simply as we would ordinarily by just The Rail ticket alone then at the Gateway to the train friends see us all there's a new kind of spirit in the air each day when this train departs it's like those moments before for a smart Deluxe liner sets sail for Paris and the Riviera and at exactly 6:5 p.m. the airway limited first and only train of its kind in the world with a direct Airline connection pulls out with its air-minded [Music] guest from New York to Columbus Ohio dinner bedtime breakfast the next morning and then a few minutes later the airway limited pulls into Port Columbus where our first days flying will begin at each of these air terminals we find unexpected Comforts and conveniences beautifully appointed restrooms and courteous attendants who look after our traveling needs here at PT Columbus our baggage is weighed 30 lb is the allowance it is 8:15 in the morning now time to take off the big Tri motor all metal plane is ready and waiting equipped like a pulman car its roomy cabin is well lighted and heated in wintertime seated in our comfortable chairs we are all set now to see America [Music] best the field rushes by then all is Flowing smoothness the city of Columbus Ohio quickly passes under us with a majestic skyscraper serving notice on air Travelers that other cities beside new New York have their symbols of America reaching upward and now ahead of us we can see the Train on which we left New York it remains ahead of us for only a moment or [Music] two we are on our first hop to Indianapolis 180 Mi to the West less than 2 hours by air The Courier is looking after our company souvenir maps are spread before you you begin to look for familiar [Music] Landmark arriving at the airport at Indianapolis and at this same time at every airport along the Route the teletype system reports the news on our progress here at the general office they read the flash of our AR Ral so through the day mile after mile our plane is watched reported on prepared for it our next stop which now will be St Louis 232 M away 2 hours later nearing St Louis we see the Missouri and Mississippi rivers joining into one then a long smooth Glide to a landing to another 15minute pause in our journey Westward we are taking this trip in the winter time as a matter of fact fact it is eight below zero as most of these scenes are made but modern air travel is a year round accomplished fact and airliners nowadays are as snug and comfortable as your own private yach here at St Louis you step out again for a stroll around while the motors are being inspected and additional fuel is put aboard these motors incidentally are looked after as carefully as a fine watch and after being in use for a specified number of hours each motor is completely overhauled by a core of experts working under the supervision of Colonel Lindberg as technical adviser to the airline Colonel Lindberg has instilled his own insistence upon perfect Motor Performance overhauling and frequent Replacements which from his experience is the way to safy and [Music] flying [Music] [Music] St Louis to Kansas City Missouri 227 miles you'll be there in 2 hours and 29 minutes in the meantime stroll to the forward cockit of your plane and take a look at the Pilot's weather report an army of trained observers compile these records making observations daily and hourly over the entire line here an observer is following the course of a gas filled balloon to determine wind direction and velocity at varying altitudes these are other hourly observations are condensed into reports which your Pilots receive each time the plane lands and now aboard our plane a dainty and satisfying luncheon is served along 5,000 ft in the air at a speed of more than 100 mph we'll travel at least 90 M before we even arrive at dessert air travel you soon learn is like Ocean Travel when it comes to stimulating a healthy appetite we are now passing over Kansas City we come into land at its convenient airport then on to witchar Kansas 173 mil as the crow [Music] FES West bomb playing calling radio ground station at wiar T8 madx radio ground station at Witchita answering westbound ples westbound plane reporting position we are now passing over Granville okay on your position are you on time go ahead please we are applying exact be on schedule we all witch on time what is the surface wind at witch the surface wind at Witchita is east Southeast 8 mph oh say bill lindberg's on the line he ought to be passing your ship about now Lindberg is making an inspection trip of the line today fine we'll watch for him good news about Lindberg we'll be looking for him okay by Hey Joe they're making pictures up here today we're in the movies now boy so long this radio communication is one of the greatest factors of safety in modern air travel and now Colonel Lindberg on a coast to coast inspection of the line passes our ship in midair he trattles down to look things over that's the Colonel's office he's riding in you're seeing col Lindberg on the job at [Music] work and now we are coming to witcha where there are so many airplane factories the words Fly Away witch all will soon be almost as well known as fob Detroit then on the last lap of our first days flying we see what smart Western Farmers plant for Farm relief a swarm of oil der cover the landscape we are in Oklahoma now we have traveled almost 1,000 Miles by air as the sun s sinks down into the West an AOC car whisks us to town for an appetizing dinner [Music] awaits now again it is night time if you are asleep aboard the Santa Fe Railway morning finds us in Clovis New Mexico where another plane with new pilots and a new kind of Countryside await our second day's [Music] fim today the rugged West will unroll beneath you but though there be rocks and deserts and mighty mountains everywhere to your untrained eyes your Pilots know this route as you know your way home they know that within easy gliding distance there is always a landing field to be used if [Music] necessary 191 M of phening beauty we arrive at the City of Albuquerque New Mexico you're an Indian Country now and meeting you at the airport is a delegation of 100% Americans keenly interested in air travel and air Travelers they gather here to sell you some of their native handw [Music] work [Music] and after you have attended to your shopping and while the ship is being refueled and inspected Chief hipic Cano of the local tribe brings in future young Braves for a look at white man's latest surprise squa and Papo to are in included in this personally conducted tour and if you should ask the chief what the Indian name for airplane is he will tell you o goofy W which means wagon like a [Music] [Music] bird [Music] leaving Albuquerque on a 240 mile hop to windlow Arizona we fly over the Mesa gigantic then on through a bank of silvery clouds around the tops of the Sano mountain now certainly you are coming to Country worth riding home about next The Painted Desert swims into view with colors of violet Amber and Rose to the north the Petrified Forest of Arizona to the South the Apache Indians favorite hunting ground here also was the hunting ground of Billy the Kid that famous Bandit of the wild and wooly [Music] West your next stop will be Kingman Arizona 186 mil on the map just an hour and a half to use on one of the many souvenir postcards of your trip is a picture of the famous meteor Creator we are coming to it now a mighty whole three mil in circumference which scientists tell us was made by a falling star at the bottom we can see the Huts of the geologists who are digging down to the treasures which they say this meteor [Music] contains then with a suddenness that Thrills great chasms and canyons flash into view a r goodness and the beauty which only air Travelers are privileged to see this is the famous th Canyon you've heard about a pair of inocular brings into view its giant fingers of very colored Stone like a mighty pipe organ in a Cathedral of the [Music] Gods we're leaving Kingman Arizona now for the last hop of our trip from coast to coast 300 mil to the city of Los Angeles we will across the country in less than 48 [Music] hours passing over the Colorado River which forms the dividing line of three states in the bend of this River we can see a part of Arizona Nevada and California an a vast stretch of desert lies before us the devil's collar button in the Mojave Desert of California Death Valley lies 60 m to the north these are the lands over which the Pioneers struggled in their covered wagons where once it took weeks and months to cross this vast expand we are now winging our way across little more than an hour comfortable [Music] flight you are nearing our anguage now but a great range of Mountains separate you from your first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean passing over the last of these mountains you see the famous Observatory on top of M wi next you will see orange then sunset on the Pacific and the city of Los Angeles you are nearing the end of your trip and so [Music] plane from New York and the East arriving 420 on [Music] time [Music] [Music] [Music] oh my [Music] how you doet youa a how you [Music] do we've had a marvelous fit I'm going back the same way I'm glad to hear it [Music] [Music] yeah [Music]