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Various shots of Trans World Airlines (TWA) Super Constellation aircraft 'Star of Paris' surrounded by large crowd at unknown American airport. People seated around the plane with dignitaries on rostrum. Hollywood star Ava Gardner (see notes below) , seated, spraying the aircraft with foam? She is there to christen the plane so the foamy liquid is probably champagne. Crowd looking on. People entering plane. Plane taking off.
Pathe Notes: We have been informed that this is not Ava Gardner but in fact it is Helen Vanderbilt Frye, TWA President Jack Frye's wife.
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1940 - 1949
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 64230
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 2175.16
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:00:40:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:42:48:00 / 01:43:28:00
- Canister:
- UN 1331 F
- Sort Number:
- UN 1331 F
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Sedona Legend says
For the sake of history I feel your caption for this newsreel still needs some attention. I appreciate your alteration in regard to my last comment. The airport is LaGuardia- New York City, the date is February 5, 1946. Ava Gardner was connected to Howard Hughes, yes, but she was not at this event, neither was Howard Hughes. The plane is the TWA Constellation Star of Paris (NC86511) -first scheduled passenger service \'transatlantic\' by TWA to Europe. The christening device is a \'cloud gun\' as titled by TWA. The christening unit emitted vapor instead of breaking a champagne bottle on the fuselage, this prevented denting the aluminum. I would assume it was a CO2 type device (like a small fire extinguisher).