Full title reads: "Round the world in 6 days? Atlantic flown again by Wiley Post, the one-eyed Indian, flying alone in 'Winnie Mae' his Robot equipped plane..."
United States of America (USA).
Shots of Aviator Wiley Post climbing up into the cockpit of his single engined Lockheed Vega...
Full title reads: "Round the world in 6 days? Atlantic flown again by Wiley Post, the one-eyed Indian, flying alone in 'Winnie Mae' his Robot equipped plane..."
United States of America (USA).
Shots of Aviator Wiley Post climbing up into the cockpit of his single engined Lockheed Vega monoplane 'Winnie Mae'. Post, wearing an eye patch, pulls on his flying helmet and waves to the camera. He says 'So long - see you in about six days'.
The engine starts up. Shots of the plane as it takes off.
Intertitle reads: "After 26 hours flight to Berlin (3,600 miles) he only waited to refuel and was off again in 2 1/2 hours - what a man!".
Berlin, Germany.
Post climbs out of the cockpit of his plane. He is helped to the ground.
He oversees the re-fuelling of his plane.
Post climbs back into 'Winnie Mae' and the plane moves back to the runway.
N.B. This story and the one which follows it 'fate was not so kind' were originally one item.
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Comments (0)
We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.