Start of Epic Flight - Part 2 (circa 1925, silent)

Description: Newsreel footage depicting the embarkation of "the longest nonstop flight ever undertaken"; 2100 miles from California to Hawaii.
U.S. Navy PN-9 flying boat in flight for Hawaii from San Fransisco, California piloted by United States Navy Commander John Rodgers.

viewing notes made from earlier telecine transfer:
U.S. Navy PN-9 flying boat in flight for Hawaii from San Fransisco, California. United States Navy PN-9 flying boat piloted by United States Navy Commander John Rodgers takes off for flight to Hawaii. Mountains in the background. The PN-9 in flight. The PN-9 taxis down the sea aircraft ramp into water. Crew members around the PN-9 anchored in the water. PN-9 takes off. The PN-9 in flight. PN-9 anchored in water. Men on the bow wave.

The content of this film is in multiple files due to scanning issue.

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Subjects: 1920s, Military, Aviation and aerospace, Geography, Technology, Transportation

Tags: Lost Landscapes; San Francisco Bay; Golden Gate; Alcatraz Island; early flight; US Navy PN-9; pilots; flying; Marin Headlands; propellers; Captain Moses; Commander Rogers; United States Navy; water take-off; airplanes; boats; Luckenbach Line ship; filmed from an airplane; Fort Point; East Brother Island; Point Molate; intertitles; islands; East Brother Light Station; flying boats

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Pathe News

Credits:

Distributor: Pathe News

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: circa 1925

Geographical Location: San Francisco, California; California; USA; San Francisco Bay

Genre/Form: newsreel

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 35mm film

Element: print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle square

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 228