STK-ID 2639

[Remark: first east-west transatlantic crossing. Baron Guenther von Huenefeld, piloted by German Capt. Hermann Koehl and Irish Captain James Fitzmaurice, left Dublin for New York City (12/04/1928) in a single-engine all-metal Junkers monoplane. Some 37 hours later, they crashed on Greely Island, Labrador. Rescued.] Search for Bremen Flyers (Greely Island, 00/04/1928): shots of airplanes on snow-covered field, of newsreel cameramen waiting, of Herta Junkers with men of search party, of Duke Schiller's plane landing, of Junkers and Schiller walking up platform away from camera at Murray Bay, Quebec.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Aviation News of the World
Location
Murray Bay, Labrador
Year
1928
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486