Budget Films

Stock Footage

Spirit Of St. Louis Takes Flight

Men roll the Spirit of St. Louis into position. A man pours liquid into the top of the plane. Charles Lindbergh suits up, gets into the plane, and takes off on his transatlantic flight to Paris. Shots of a plane, possibly Lindbergh's, shot from the POV of another plane. Later, newspaper headlines are superimposed over. Soundtrack is song, "Hats Off To Lucky, Lucky Lindbergh."



IdentifierCLIP-5902
Duration1 min, 6 sec
GenreDocumentary
DateMay 20 1927
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