1 00:02:44,346 --> 00:02:48,476 "Here at the Garden City Hotel less than a mile from Roosevelt Field, 2 00:02:48,583 --> 00:02:50,915 "less than three-quarters of a mile from Roosevelt Field, 3 00:02:50,985 --> 00:02:54,216 "everyone is waiting as they have been now for seven days and nights, 4 00:02:54,289 --> 00:02:56,189 "waiting for the rain to stop. 5 00:02:56,424 --> 00:02:58,449 "Rumors are flying, but the airplanes are not." 6 00:02:58,526 --> 00:02:59,515 Phone that in, will you? 7 00:02:59,594 --> 00:03:01,221 "Eight days ago, Captain Charles A. Lindbergh arrived here 8 00:03:01,296 --> 00:03:03,321 "in his Spirit of St. Louis, ready to take off on the big hop." 9 00:03:03,398 --> 00:03:05,798 "After making the final inspection of his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, 10 00:03:05,867 --> 00:03:08,199 "Lindy returned to his hotel room early this evening, 11 00:03:08,269 --> 00:03:10,294 "telling reporters he had nothing to say. 12 00:03:10,372 --> 00:03:12,966 "The air mail pilot went directly to his room on the second floor 13 00:03:13,041 --> 00:03:14,474 "where he went to bed. 14 00:03:14,542 --> 00:03:16,373 "His friend, Frank Mahoney of Ryan Aircraft, 15 00:03:16,444 --> 00:03:19,709 "is stationed outside his door, guarding against any disturbance. 16 00:03:19,781 --> 00:03:23,239 "The whole world is waiting breathlessly to learn the outcome of..." 17 00:04:07,095 --> 00:04:08,221 Yes, Frank? 18 00:04:09,197 --> 00:04:10,562 I'm sorry, Slim. 19 00:04:10,932 --> 00:04:12,627 - That music wake you? - No. 20 00:04:14,002 --> 00:04:16,664 - You're not sleeping yet? - No, not yet. 21 00:04:17,972 --> 00:04:19,906 Can I get you anything? You want anything? 22 00:04:19,974 --> 00:04:21,100 No. 23 00:04:22,377 --> 00:04:25,346 It's 1:30. You better knock it off now. 24 00:04:28,283 --> 00:04:29,648 All right, Frank. 25 00:04:41,162 --> 00:04:44,529 "Rio Rita, life is sweeter." 26 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,260 Sweeter. Sweeter than what? 27 00:04:50,772 --> 00:04:52,501 Come on now, go to sleep. 28 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,835 Cut your motor out. Let it rest now. 29 00:04:55,910 --> 00:04:58,743 Maybe I should have spent the night in the hangar. 30 00:04:59,914 --> 00:05:02,075 Maybe that's what's keeping me awake. 31 00:05:02,150 --> 00:05:05,278 Maybe I should be with her out there on Roosevelt Field. 32 00:05:19,834 --> 00:05:21,768 It's raining harder than ever. 33 00:05:24,305 --> 00:05:27,103 Well, don't start worrying about the weather now. 34 00:05:28,176 --> 00:05:31,236 If I take off at dawn, I'll be over the ocean at night. 35 00:05:33,748 --> 00:05:35,648 Well, what's wrong with that? 36 00:05:35,783 --> 00:05:39,241 I've flown hundreds of hours at night. I'm an air mail pilot. 37 00:05:40,021 --> 00:05:43,684 St. Louis to Springfield to Peoria to Chicago. 38 00:05:44,626 --> 00:05:47,857 And the ocean can't be any worse than snow and sleet and fog. 39 00:05:49,197 --> 00:05:51,028 And I didn't have a plane like this one, either, 40 00:05:51,099 --> 00:05:53,158 just an old beat up De Havilland 41 00:05:53,234 --> 00:05:55,634 and no gas to spare 42 00:05:56,471 --> 00:05:58,439 and no lights on the field. 43 00:06:35,276 --> 00:06:36,265 Burt! 44 00:06:39,180 --> 00:06:41,307 - Hello, Burt. - Hello, Slim. 45 00:06:41,416 --> 00:06:43,145 - You all right? - I'm fine. 46 00:06:43,484 --> 00:06:45,213 What have you got out of Peoria? 47 00:06:45,286 --> 00:06:48,084 This feels like three letters and a postcard. 48 00:06:49,023 --> 00:06:50,285 Let's have it. 49 00:06:55,897 --> 00:06:57,797 All right, I think we better top her off. 50 00:06:57,865 --> 00:07:00,766 Slim, don't you think you better put the mail on the train 51 00:07:00,835 --> 00:07:04,532 - and lay over till it clears? - No, you get me a bucket of gas. 52 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,989 Slim, do you really think you ought to go on to Chicago? 53 00:07:29,263 --> 00:07:32,824 Sure, some of this mail has to connect with the Transcontinental. 54 00:07:33,568 --> 00:07:37,629 That's a mean-looking sky. I can smell snow. 55 00:07:39,073 --> 00:07:42,406 Well, suppose you check. See if there's a red light out of Chicago. 56 00:07:46,214 --> 00:07:48,375 Hello, Hochstetter? This is Burt. 57 00:07:48,750 --> 00:07:50,547 Slim's down here, all right. 58 00:07:50,918 --> 00:07:52,681 Any warning from Chicago? 59 00:07:53,621 --> 00:07:54,610 Nothing? 60 00:07:55,623 --> 00:07:57,716 You sure? All right. 61 00:08:05,033 --> 00:08:08,230 - Nothing from Chicago, Slim. - Well, I guess it's still open, then. 62 00:08:08,302 --> 00:08:10,862 - Handle the throttle for me, will you? - Yeah. 63 00:08:12,173 --> 00:08:15,108 How long can you fly these old wrecks and stay alive? 64 00:08:15,176 --> 00:08:17,542 The company ought to get you some real airplanes, 65 00:08:17,612 --> 00:08:21,173 fix up the landing fields, set beacons out along the way. 66 00:08:21,516 --> 00:08:23,814 Good idea. Want to lend us some money? 67 00:08:23,885 --> 00:08:27,446 'Cause the bankers won't. They don't believe in commercial aviation. 68 00:08:27,522 --> 00:08:28,921 What's the answer? 69 00:08:29,691 --> 00:08:31,682 - Switch off? - Switch off. 70 00:08:37,231 --> 00:08:38,823 - Contact. - Contact. 71 00:08:49,110 --> 00:08:50,577 Get the wing, Burt! 72 00:09:09,931 --> 00:09:11,330 That's good, Burt! 73 00:09:11,933 --> 00:09:14,163 - Look out, Slim. - I will. 74 00:09:21,642 --> 00:09:24,509 Peoria Airport. Burt speaking. 75 00:09:25,446 --> 00:09:28,677 Yes, he... He's just taking off. 76 00:09:31,152 --> 00:09:32,176 What? 77 00:09:33,988 --> 00:09:36,957 Hold it, Slim! Hold it! Hold it! 78 00:09:39,460 --> 00:09:42,122 Hold it! Hold it, Slim! Hold it! 79 00:09:42,196 --> 00:09:44,221 There's a blizzard out of Chicago! 80 00:09:44,298 --> 00:09:47,199 They couldn't get through because the lines are down! 81 00:09:47,268 --> 00:09:48,565 Hold it! 82 00:11:55,997 --> 00:11:58,227 - Aviator? - Yes, sir. 83 00:11:58,799 --> 00:12:00,733 - Oh, air mail, huh? - That's right. 84 00:12:00,801 --> 00:12:03,269 Well, flying kind of low, aren't you? 85 00:12:03,671 --> 00:12:06,902 - Weather forced me down. - Oh, so now the sacks go on the train? 86 00:12:06,974 --> 00:12:08,874 They went by mule for a while. 87 00:12:09,210 --> 00:12:12,008 - How much for an air mail letter? - Sixteen cents. 88 00:12:12,213 --> 00:12:14,613 Traveling two-cent style now. Any refund? 89 00:12:14,682 --> 00:12:17,310 - No. - Well, it's a gyp. Not practical. 90 00:12:17,852 --> 00:12:21,344 - We get through 99% of the time. - Not the way I read it. 91 00:12:21,789 --> 00:12:24,417 Newspaper's full of "aero" -planes falling down. 92 00:12:24,492 --> 00:12:27,620 Here. Crash up in New York. Two fellows burned up in it. 93 00:12:28,930 --> 00:12:31,455 Bound to happen, too. Those things are too heavy. 94 00:12:31,532 --> 00:12:33,295 Got to fall down. Nothing to hold them up. 95 00:12:33,367 --> 00:12:35,892 Oh, this is the Fonck plane. Care if I look at this? 96 00:12:35,970 --> 00:12:36,959 Oh, sure. 97 00:12:37,805 --> 00:12:40,501 Well now, I'm asking you, what's holding them up? 98 00:12:40,574 --> 00:12:42,269 - Air. - Air. 99 00:12:42,410 --> 00:12:45,971 Oh, now, I may know nothing about airplanes, 100 00:12:46,147 --> 00:12:49,810 but I do know about things that hold things up. It's my business. 101 00:12:51,452 --> 00:12:54,615 - Oh, I see. - Schultz is the name. O.W. Schultz. 102 00:12:54,722 --> 00:12:56,417 Atlas Suspender Company. 103 00:12:56,691 --> 00:12:59,159 We hold up the pants of the Middle West. 104 00:12:59,627 --> 00:13:02,357 - Have been for the last 75 years. - Is that so? 105 00:13:02,430 --> 00:13:06,526 Now then, can you imagine any of our customers depending on air? 106 00:13:07,134 --> 00:13:10,399 Pretty frightening thought, especially in this kind of weather. 107 00:13:10,471 --> 00:13:11,733 - Here... - Oh, no, keep it. 108 00:13:11,806 --> 00:13:13,068 Oh, thank you. 109 00:13:13,541 --> 00:13:17,068 I think I ought to tell you, Mr. Schultz, I'm a belt man myself. 110 00:13:17,511 --> 00:13:18,569 - Belt? - Yes, sir. 111 00:13:18,646 --> 00:13:20,238 Why, that's sure death. 112 00:13:20,548 --> 00:13:23,881 You keep strangling your gut, you'll get indigestion, 113 00:13:23,951 --> 00:13:25,282 then you'll get appendicitis, 114 00:13:25,353 --> 00:13:28,083 just when you're out in the backwoods somewhere and no doctor near, 115 00:13:28,155 --> 00:13:30,589 so they have to fly in a doctor from the nearest town. 116 00:13:30,658 --> 00:13:35,061 Airplane falls, a doctor gets killed and you, well, you die. 117 00:13:36,430 --> 00:13:39,456 Well, I had my appendix out when I was in high school. 118 00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:42,328 Well, anyway, what I'm trying to say 119 00:13:42,636 --> 00:13:44,900 is the people nowadays are all bughouse. 120 00:13:45,239 --> 00:13:47,002 Belts, air-eo-planes. 121 00:13:47,641 --> 00:13:50,633 Those fellows wanted to fly to Paris, Paris, France, that is. 122 00:13:50,711 --> 00:13:53,475 - It's all the way across the ocean. - Why not? 123 00:13:53,647 --> 00:13:55,945 Well, it's bughouse, just plain bughouse. 124 00:13:56,017 --> 00:13:57,712 They didn't even get 10 feet up. 125 00:13:58,185 --> 00:13:59,311 How come? 126 00:14:00,388 --> 00:14:02,322 Something just went wrong, Mr. Schultz. 127 00:14:02,390 --> 00:14:04,324 Yes. I'll tell you what. 128 00:14:04,392 --> 00:14:07,190 That plane needs more than just a little air to hold it up. 129 00:14:07,261 --> 00:14:10,424 Something like a good pair of suspenders, that's what. 130 00:14:34,655 --> 00:14:35,986 - Hiya, Slim. - Good morning, Louie. 131 00:14:36,057 --> 00:14:38,184 - Good morning, Tall Man. - Jonesy, how are you? 132 00:14:38,259 --> 00:14:39,487 What's for you? 133 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,586 Well, a couple of eggs, over. Toast, no butter. 134 00:14:42,930 --> 00:14:46,195 - Ground loop two and hold the grease gun. - Coming right up. 135 00:14:51,872 --> 00:14:52,861 Operator. 136 00:14:53,407 --> 00:14:55,705 Hello? Get me the long distance operator. 137 00:14:55,776 --> 00:14:57,141 - All right. - Somebody sick? 138 00:14:57,211 --> 00:14:59,338 - Operator. Yes. - Hello, long distance? 139 00:14:59,413 --> 00:15:02,780 I want to find out what it will stand me to call New York City, New York. 140 00:15:02,850 --> 00:15:04,943 $5 for three minutes. 141 00:15:05,252 --> 00:15:07,482 - Yes, sir. - Can I buy a minute and a half? 142 00:15:07,721 --> 00:15:09,951 - No, sir. - Can't, huh? You sure? 143 00:15:10,024 --> 00:15:11,821 - Yes, sir. - Oh, yeah. 144 00:15:13,027 --> 00:15:14,961 All right, I'll go for the whole three. 145 00:15:15,029 --> 00:15:19,693 Get me the Columbia Aircraft Corporation, Woolworth Building, New York City. 146 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,700 - One moment, please. - Yes, ma'am, I'll hold on. 147 00:15:21,769 --> 00:15:23,293 What are you up to, Slim? 148 00:15:25,106 --> 00:15:27,336 Don't worry about the money. Here. 149 00:15:28,242 --> 00:15:30,676 - There you are. - You kind of throwing it around, ain't you? 150 00:15:30,744 --> 00:15:32,234 I want to impress him. 151 00:15:32,313 --> 00:15:35,077 People are always impressed when you call them long distance, 152 00:15:35,149 --> 00:15:38,050 - especially in New York. - $5 worth of impressing? 153 00:15:38,919 --> 00:15:41,387 - I want them to sell me an airplane. - Plane? 154 00:15:41,455 --> 00:15:45,084 Yeah. It's built to fly nonstop a long ways. 155 00:15:45,459 --> 00:15:49,862 Like, for instance, from here in St. Louis to New York. 156 00:15:50,297 --> 00:15:52,788 As a matter of fact, it will fly much farther than that. 157 00:15:52,867 --> 00:15:55,529 If I strip it of everything, add extra tanks, 158 00:15:55,936 --> 00:15:58,200 I figure it will fly three times that far. 159 00:15:58,739 --> 00:16:02,231 One, two, three. 160 00:16:02,309 --> 00:16:05,278 - All the way to that knothole. - What's the knothole? 161 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:07,313 - Paris. - Paris? 162 00:16:07,381 --> 00:16:10,680 - Operator. - Hello. Hello. Hello! 163 00:16:11,819 --> 00:16:15,152 Is this Columbia Aircraft in New York? 164 00:16:15,222 --> 00:16:18,350 Well, I'd like to speak to one of your officers, please. 165 00:16:18,592 --> 00:16:20,025 Well, I don't care which one. 166 00:16:20,094 --> 00:16:22,119 Maybe you'd better give me an executive officer. 167 00:16:22,196 --> 00:16:24,255 - This is very important. - One moment, please. 168 00:16:24,331 --> 00:16:27,596 Look, miss, I'm talking long distance, miss. 169 00:16:27,868 --> 00:16:28,857 Will... 170 00:16:28,969 --> 00:16:30,869 Shut the radio off, will you? 171 00:16:32,406 --> 00:16:35,136 Hey, shut your face. He's talking long distance! 172 00:16:36,877 --> 00:16:37,866 Hello? 173 00:16:38,312 --> 00:16:40,837 Are you an executive officer? 174 00:16:40,915 --> 00:16:42,439 You're the president! 175 00:16:43,317 --> 00:16:46,445 Well, my name is Charles Lindbergh, 176 00:16:46,554 --> 00:16:49,284 and I'm talking to you from St. Louis, Missouri. 177 00:16:49,423 --> 00:16:52,256 And I represent a group of very prominent businessmen out here, 178 00:16:52,326 --> 00:16:55,420 and we're organizing a New York to Paris flight 179 00:16:55,796 --> 00:16:58,458 and we've been considering your Bellanca. 180 00:16:59,633 --> 00:17:01,225 Oh, sure, sure. 181 00:17:01,302 --> 00:17:04,135 We would expect to buy it, but could you quote us a price on it? 182 00:17:08,442 --> 00:17:11,878 Now all I have to do is find a group of prominent businessmen 183 00:17:11,946 --> 00:17:14,574 with $15,000, that's all. 184 00:17:18,152 --> 00:17:20,484 I've never been much of a talker, I guess, 185 00:17:20,554 --> 00:17:23,921 but for six weeks I've talked more than I ever have in my life. 186 00:17:24,191 --> 00:17:28,423 Some said no, some said maybe, and that's about as far as I've gotten. 187 00:17:29,563 --> 00:17:33,158 Now, Harry Knight, he's a flying student of mine, 188 00:17:33,667 --> 00:17:37,603 has arranged for me to meet some people here in the State National Bank. 189 00:17:40,774 --> 00:17:41,832 Slim. 190 00:17:47,081 --> 00:17:49,072 Slim, this is Harold Bixby of the bank. 191 00:17:49,149 --> 00:17:51,379 Harold's also president of the Chamber of Commerce. 192 00:17:51,452 --> 00:17:53,647 - How do you do, Mr. Bixby? - Nice to know you, Mr. Lindbergh. 193 00:17:53,721 --> 00:17:56,417 This is E. Lansing Ray, publisher of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 194 00:17:56,490 --> 00:17:57,479 - How do you do, sir? - How do you do? 195 00:17:57,558 --> 00:17:59,492 - You know Earl Thompson. - How do you do? 196 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,323 - Major Lambert. - Pleasure, Captain. 197 00:18:01,395 --> 00:18:03,693 - Bill Robertson. - Oh, hello, Bill. 198 00:18:03,764 --> 00:18:04,788 - Howdy, Slim. - Sit down, sir. 199 00:18:04,865 --> 00:18:05,957 Thank you, sir. 200 00:18:06,267 --> 00:18:07,996 Over here, Mr. Lindbergh. 201 00:18:10,337 --> 00:18:12,498 - Have a cigar? - Yes, sir. Thank you. 202 00:18:21,048 --> 00:18:24,347 Mr. Lindbergh, we've been going over your outline of the project. 203 00:18:24,418 --> 00:18:26,045 And you say here on page one, 204 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:28,816 "In order to show the potentialities of flight, 205 00:18:28,889 --> 00:18:31,289 "in order to dramatically demonstrate to the public 206 00:18:31,358 --> 00:18:33,918 "the possibilities of commercial aviation..." 207 00:18:37,865 --> 00:18:41,266 You say, " Aviation is no longer a new-born baby. 208 00:18:41,468 --> 00:18:43,800 "It is in danger of becoming a dwarfed stepchild 209 00:18:43,871 --> 00:18:46,362 "unless capital has enough foresight to..." 210 00:18:48,809 --> 00:18:50,800 You better bite the end off, Slim. 211 00:18:50,878 --> 00:18:51,902 Oh. 212 00:18:59,086 --> 00:19:00,314 Then you say, 213 00:19:01,355 --> 00:19:04,449 "If men of means and vision in St. Louis financed this flight, 214 00:19:04,525 --> 00:19:07,187 "it would help to establish our city as a hub 215 00:19:07,261 --> 00:19:09,786 "of the national airways of the future." 216 00:19:09,863 --> 00:19:14,095 This all makes good sense, Mr. Lindbergh, and we certainly admire your spirit, 217 00:19:14,401 --> 00:19:17,427 but is such a flight feasible? Can it be done? 218 00:19:18,005 --> 00:19:20,235 - Well... - You understand, of course, Mr. Lindbergh, 219 00:19:20,307 --> 00:19:23,037 that before we at the Globe-Democrat can lend our support, 220 00:19:23,110 --> 00:19:26,671 we must make absolutely sure that we're not financing a suicide. 221 00:19:26,780 --> 00:19:30,739 Well, the idea of suicide never crossed my mind, 222 00:19:33,020 --> 00:19:35,215 except maybe when I took this cigar. 223 00:19:36,590 --> 00:19:40,117 - I'm sorry, gentlemen. I don't smoke. - Mr. Lindbergh, 224 00:19:40,994 --> 00:19:43,827 when you talk about this flight stimulating aviation, 225 00:19:43,897 --> 00:19:47,765 in about 1921 a man went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. 226 00:19:48,135 --> 00:19:52,231 I don't remember that this particularly stimulated barrel traffic anywhere. 227 00:19:52,306 --> 00:19:54,467 Oh, but that was a stunt, Mr. Thompson. 228 00:19:54,541 --> 00:19:57,977 Now, I don't propose to sit on a flagpole or swallow goldfish. 229 00:19:58,045 --> 00:19:59,876 I'm not a stunt man. I'm a flyer. 230 00:19:59,947 --> 00:20:03,075 You suggest here flying over the ocean in a land plane. 231 00:20:03,717 --> 00:20:05,878 Wouldn't a sea plane be a surer bet? 232 00:20:06,420 --> 00:20:09,048 If anything happened, you could always set it down on the water. 233 00:20:09,123 --> 00:20:12,092 Yes, but the idea is not to set it down on the water. 234 00:20:12,159 --> 00:20:15,253 The idea is to set it down on Le Bourget Field in Paris. 235 00:20:15,329 --> 00:20:16,421 If we understand you correctly, 236 00:20:16,497 --> 00:20:19,159 this Bellanca you want us to buy is a single wing? 237 00:20:19,233 --> 00:20:20,894 Yes, sir. Less drag, more lift. 238 00:20:20,968 --> 00:20:22,629 - And a single engine? - That's right, sir. 239 00:20:22,703 --> 00:20:25,171 And it can be purchased for $15,000. 240 00:20:25,406 --> 00:20:28,034 Now I have $2,000 of my own I'd like to put in. 241 00:20:28,108 --> 00:20:32,135 You've got $2,070 to be exact. I know your account. 242 00:20:32,212 --> 00:20:34,942 Well, I figure I'd better keep the $70 for that rainy day. 243 00:20:35,015 --> 00:20:36,039 Good idea. 244 00:20:36,116 --> 00:20:39,643 Now, I know $13,000 is a lot of money without any security, 245 00:20:39,787 --> 00:20:41,448 but if we win the Orteig prize... 246 00:20:41,522 --> 00:20:45,083 That's $25,000 for the first nonstop flight between New York and Paris. 247 00:20:45,159 --> 00:20:46,922 So you can get your money back and then some. 248 00:20:46,994 --> 00:20:50,760 Captain Lindbergh, if we should decide to finance this venture of yours, 249 00:20:50,831 --> 00:20:52,731 it wouldn't be to make any money. 250 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,529 It would be done in the same kind of 251 00:20:55,769 --> 00:20:58,329 spirit, isn't that what you called it, Harold? 252 00:20:58,405 --> 00:20:59,429 Spirit. 253 00:20:59,506 --> 00:21:02,304 The same kind of spirit that you yourself have... 254 00:21:02,876 --> 00:21:05,208 - Well, you know what I mean. - Thank you, Major Lambert. 255 00:21:05,279 --> 00:21:08,214 Mr. Lindbergh, I'm in the insurance business. 256 00:21:08,282 --> 00:21:09,715 I'm interested in percentages. 257 00:21:10,317 --> 00:21:12,148 Is a single-engine plane a good idea? 258 00:21:12,619 --> 00:21:14,109 Wouldn't a three-engine plane be safer? 259 00:21:14,521 --> 00:21:16,648 I mean, in case one of the engines conked out? 260 00:21:16,723 --> 00:21:19,749 Well, of course, there's always the danger of an engine quitting, 261 00:21:19,827 --> 00:21:22,990 but with three engines, you're just multiplying the danger by three. 262 00:21:23,063 --> 00:21:26,191 You want to go it alone. No navigator, no co-pilot? 263 00:21:26,266 --> 00:21:28,826 - Absolutely. - How long would the flight take? 264 00:21:29,002 --> 00:21:32,699 Well, that depends on the winds. I would say around 40 hours. 265 00:21:33,173 --> 00:21:34,265 Forty hours? 266 00:21:34,708 --> 00:21:38,405 One man alone at the controls of an airplane for almost two days and nights? 267 00:21:38,479 --> 00:21:41,175 Well, now, say I took a co-pilot or a navigator, 268 00:21:41,248 --> 00:21:43,273 say the man weighed 150 pounds. 269 00:21:43,350 --> 00:21:46,751 That's equal to the weight of enough gasoline to go 200 miles. 270 00:21:46,987 --> 00:21:48,978 I'd take the 200 miles any day. 271 00:21:49,189 --> 00:21:52,647 Captain Lindbergh, I've crossed the Atlantic quite a few times, 272 00:21:53,026 --> 00:21:54,516 by boat, of course. 273 00:21:54,895 --> 00:21:57,864 Most of the time, you can't see the end of your cigar. 274 00:21:58,198 --> 00:21:59,927 Fog, fog, fog. 275 00:22:00,300 --> 00:22:03,531 I'm used to it. In the air mail we have to fly through soup a lot of the time, 276 00:22:03,604 --> 00:22:06,198 especially in winter. Gets to be thick as potato soup. 277 00:22:06,273 --> 00:22:07,433 I wouldn't worry about Slim. 278 00:22:07,508 --> 00:22:11,000 He can fly through any kind of soup and a main course and dessert, too. 279 00:22:11,078 --> 00:22:13,706 Just as long as it's not an upside-down cake. 280 00:22:16,650 --> 00:22:19,312 Well, gentlemen, I think I'd better... I thank you a lot for the time. 281 00:22:19,386 --> 00:22:22,514 Mr. Lindbergh, have you got a name for this plane yet? 282 00:22:22,756 --> 00:22:24,747 A name? No, sir, not yet. 283 00:22:30,564 --> 00:22:32,555 How would this look, gentlemen? 284 00:22:35,769 --> 00:22:37,930 I mean, if we went through with it. 285 00:22:39,506 --> 00:22:42,168 The Spirit of St. Louis. I like that fine. 286 00:22:42,376 --> 00:22:45,004 I mean, I'd like it if you went through with it. 287 00:22:45,078 --> 00:22:47,342 Yeah, that'd look good on her when we landed in Paris. 288 00:22:47,414 --> 00:22:50,281 Wouldn't look so good if you had to ditch her in the ocean. 289 00:22:50,350 --> 00:22:51,942 I can make it across all right. 290 00:22:52,019 --> 00:22:54,385 What makes you so sure you can make it? 291 00:22:55,589 --> 00:22:59,958 Well, Mr. Bixby, when I was a kid and the smallest in my class, 292 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:03,921 I made up my mind that I was gonna be 6'3" tall. 293 00:23:04,331 --> 00:23:07,789 And I made it, with a half an inch to spare. 294 00:23:31,024 --> 00:23:33,822 I'm here to see the president of the corporation. 295 00:23:34,094 --> 00:23:36,790 - Well, he's very busy. - Well, he's expecting me. 296 00:23:36,863 --> 00:23:38,125 I come from St. Louis, Missouri. 297 00:23:38,198 --> 00:23:41,565 I told him I'd come here directly as soon as I got into town. 298 00:23:42,336 --> 00:23:44,736 - What is your name? - Yes. Here's my card. 299 00:23:49,543 --> 00:23:51,477 Are you sure you're in the right office? 300 00:23:51,545 --> 00:23:54,673 Yes, ma'am. I've called him several times long distance. 301 00:23:55,749 --> 00:23:56,841 Wait. 302 00:24:24,144 --> 00:24:25,509 This way, please. 303 00:24:28,081 --> 00:24:29,173 Thank you. 304 00:24:31,184 --> 00:24:33,175 How do you do, sir? I came right over from the station. 305 00:24:33,253 --> 00:24:36,814 - I haven't checked into my hotel yet. - Yeah, what's this all about? 306 00:24:37,190 --> 00:24:40,455 Well, sir, it's about the purchase of the Bellanca. You quoted us a price. 307 00:24:40,527 --> 00:24:42,654 I quoted you a price, Mr. Schultz? 308 00:24:43,463 --> 00:24:44,862 Yes, sir, you did. 309 00:24:45,666 --> 00:24:46,928 Who's Mr. Schultz? 310 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,060 I guess you are. It says here, " O.W. Schultz. 311 00:24:50,170 --> 00:24:52,638 "We hold up the pants of the Middle West." 312 00:24:55,342 --> 00:24:59,039 Oh! Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I gave you the wrong card. 313 00:24:59,112 --> 00:25:00,670 I'm Charles Lindbergh. 314 00:25:01,648 --> 00:25:04,208 - Oh, Mr. Lindbergh of St. Louis. - Yes, sir. This... 315 00:25:04,284 --> 00:25:06,081 - Well, sit down. - Thank you. 316 00:25:06,953 --> 00:25:10,081 - Well, were you ready to do business? - I think so. 317 00:25:10,290 --> 00:25:12,224 All the financing is arranged. 318 00:25:12,392 --> 00:25:17,056 I have a cashier's check right here. 319 00:25:17,464 --> 00:25:19,227 $15,000. 320 00:25:19,666 --> 00:25:23,067 - I hope we can close the deal today. - I don't see why not. 321 00:25:23,136 --> 00:25:25,934 - I'll have my lawyer draw up the papers. - Fine. 322 00:25:26,006 --> 00:25:28,406 We're sort of anxious to get the airplane back to St. Louis 323 00:25:28,475 --> 00:25:32,104 so we can start the necessary modifications, install the tanks. 324 00:25:32,179 --> 00:25:34,079 We can take care of that right here in New York. 325 00:25:34,147 --> 00:25:38,049 As to the flight, I haven't made up my mind yet who the pilot should be. 326 00:25:38,118 --> 00:25:39,983 Oh, well, that's all right. We have the pilot. 327 00:25:40,053 --> 00:25:41,782 - You do? - Oh, yes. Yes, sir. 328 00:25:42,022 --> 00:25:43,182 Look, Mr. Lindbergh, 329 00:25:43,256 --> 00:25:44,917 we're perfectly willing to sell you the plane, 330 00:25:45,158 --> 00:25:48,389 but the choice of the pilot must be left to us, of course. 331 00:25:49,996 --> 00:25:52,556 Well, you didn't mention anything about that before. 332 00:25:52,632 --> 00:25:55,624 - I didn't think it needed mentioning. - Well, I think it did. 333 00:25:55,702 --> 00:25:58,694 We just can't have anybody flying our plane over the ocean. 334 00:25:58,772 --> 00:26:02,640 - Well, is the airplane for sale or isn't it? - Only with this condition. 335 00:26:03,744 --> 00:26:05,678 You could have saved me a long train trip. 336 00:26:05,746 --> 00:26:08,112 Just exactly who did you have in mind for the pilot? 337 00:26:08,181 --> 00:26:09,375 - Me. - You? 338 00:26:11,418 --> 00:26:13,943 "Chief Pilot, St. Louis-Chicago Air Mail." 339 00:26:14,488 --> 00:26:16,547 Look, Mr. Lindbergh, I don't mean to belittle you, 340 00:26:16,623 --> 00:26:20,184 but, after all, New York to Paris isn't like dropping off a mail bag 341 00:26:20,260 --> 00:26:21,921 in Keokuk, Iowa... 342 00:26:28,602 --> 00:26:31,730 Well, anybody want to buy a nice outfit for funerals? 343 00:26:31,838 --> 00:26:35,001 - We're not dead yet, Slim. - They wouldn't sell the airplane, 344 00:26:36,243 --> 00:26:37,437 like they told you over the phone. 345 00:26:37,511 --> 00:26:40,207 Course you can go ahead with it if you want to. 346 00:26:40,647 --> 00:26:43,548 Handle all the stuff from New York, pilot and everything. 347 00:26:43,617 --> 00:26:45,915 Here, I think I'd better give you this before I wear it out. 348 00:26:45,986 --> 00:26:49,080 We've been mulling it over, Slim. We don't want another pilot. 349 00:26:49,156 --> 00:26:50,248 Let's get another plane. 350 00:26:50,323 --> 00:26:53,121 There isn't another plane. Not for this job. Not for our budget. 351 00:26:53,193 --> 00:26:55,354 - Why not have one built? - Built? 352 00:26:55,428 --> 00:26:56,793 Do you know how long that would take? 353 00:26:56,863 --> 00:26:59,423 There are a lot of other flyers planning this flight. 354 00:26:59,499 --> 00:27:02,400 Byrd, Chamberlin, Wooster and Davis, 355 00:27:02,469 --> 00:27:04,528 and those two Frenchmen, Nungesser and Coli. 356 00:27:04,604 --> 00:27:05,901 They would all be way out ahead of us. 357 00:27:05,972 --> 00:27:08,167 We've been checking on some aircraft factories. 358 00:27:08,241 --> 00:27:11,233 There's an outfit in San Diego, California, the Ryan company. 359 00:27:11,311 --> 00:27:15,077 - They say they can do it in 90 days or less. - Ryan? I never heard of them. 360 00:27:15,148 --> 00:27:17,514 Well, they talk awful big in their telegram, 361 00:27:17,584 --> 00:27:20,382 like they had a plant 10 miles long and 10,000 workmen. 362 00:27:20,453 --> 00:27:21,613 Maybe they can do it. 363 00:27:21,688 --> 00:27:23,588 Well, I wouldn't like to gamble with your money. 364 00:27:23,657 --> 00:27:25,249 Suppose you went out there and looked them over. 365 00:27:25,325 --> 00:27:28,055 Well, it just seems like throwing another $200 away, though. 366 00:27:28,128 --> 00:27:29,857 Here's your ticket to San Diego. 367 00:27:29,930 --> 00:27:31,227 Well, don't you think we ought to sit down 368 00:27:31,298 --> 00:27:32,993 - and talk this thing out? - Well, you'd better talk fast, 369 00:27:33,066 --> 00:27:34,931 because there's your train. 370 00:27:35,468 --> 00:27:39,529 You mean, this is one for the... Well, I'd better get on. 371 00:27:42,275 --> 00:27:43,833 So long, Slim. 372 00:28:50,710 --> 00:28:53,770 I beg your pardon. Where are the executive offices? 373 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,479 Where are the what? 374 00:28:55,548 --> 00:28:58,073 - I'm looking for the boss. - Oh, Mr. Mahoney. 375 00:28:58,485 --> 00:29:00,385 The office shack is up there, 376 00:29:02,122 --> 00:29:05,057 but that's him over there with the goggles. 377 00:29:05,125 --> 00:29:06,217 Thank you. 378 00:29:19,673 --> 00:29:22,233 - What kind of fish are those? - Sand dabs. 379 00:29:22,842 --> 00:29:24,571 I've never seen those before. 380 00:29:24,644 --> 00:29:26,134 - You from California? - No, sir. 381 00:29:26,212 --> 00:29:27,839 It's a California fish. 382 00:29:29,916 --> 00:29:32,316 - Smell good. - You hungry? 383 00:29:32,953 --> 00:29:34,853 - I wouldn't mind. - Well, here. 384 00:29:46,099 --> 00:29:49,262 - You do build airplanes here, don't you? - Bet your life. 385 00:29:50,003 --> 00:29:51,527 High-wing monoplanes. 386 00:29:51,738 --> 00:29:53,797 They use them on the mail runs up and down the coast. 387 00:29:53,873 --> 00:29:55,363 Perfect record, too. 388 00:29:56,743 --> 00:29:58,904 Things just a little bit quiet right now, huh? 389 00:29:58,979 --> 00:30:01,243 Well, maybe that's because we build them too good. 390 00:30:01,314 --> 00:30:03,908 Real tough planes. Stay up forever. 391 00:30:06,119 --> 00:30:08,553 You looking for a job? You an airplane mechanic? 392 00:30:08,621 --> 00:30:09,645 Oh, I have been. 393 00:30:09,723 --> 00:30:13,159 Well, check around again. Looks like we'll be hiring pretty soon. 394 00:30:13,226 --> 00:30:16,024 - I expect a rush order from St. Louis. - I see. 395 00:30:16,730 --> 00:30:19,563 They want a special design with a 4,000-mile range. 396 00:30:19,766 --> 00:30:21,358 Oh, no. Not too close. 397 00:30:21,901 --> 00:30:23,892 Hey, Don! Come and get it! 398 00:30:25,805 --> 00:30:29,468 This special design, are you equipped to handle anything like that? 399 00:30:29,609 --> 00:30:30,940 You bet your life, 400 00:30:31,011 --> 00:30:32,706 unless they want something fancy, 401 00:30:33,747 --> 00:30:35,738 like a built-in shower or a crystal chandelier. 402 00:30:35,815 --> 00:30:36,975 Well, I suppose not. 403 00:30:37,851 --> 00:30:40,581 Oh, that's the guy that designs them. Donald Hall. 404 00:30:40,653 --> 00:30:43,121 He's our chief engineer. He's the best in the business. 405 00:30:43,189 --> 00:30:45,180 - Lemon or ketchup? - It doesn't matter. 406 00:30:45,258 --> 00:30:47,055 When's the bigwig from St. Louis going to show up? 407 00:30:47,127 --> 00:30:50,028 - Sometime today. - I've made some rough calculations. 408 00:30:50,630 --> 00:30:53,827 Can't use the standard Ryan fuselage, not with that much gas. 409 00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:55,800 Wing will have to be 10 feet lower to lift the load, 410 00:30:55,869 --> 00:30:58,030 we'll have to beef up the landing gear. 411 00:30:58,104 --> 00:30:59,435 Lot of problems. 412 00:30:59,506 --> 00:31:02,771 - Can you build her in 90 days or less? - Bet your life. 413 00:31:03,243 --> 00:31:04,471 Will she fly? 414 00:31:04,911 --> 00:31:06,435 Sure. Bet your life. 415 00:31:07,247 --> 00:31:09,807 I don't exactly like the way you fellows put that. 416 00:31:09,883 --> 00:31:11,783 You see, I'm to be the pilot. 417 00:31:12,685 --> 00:31:14,880 What? Who's he? 418 00:31:15,388 --> 00:31:16,616 I don't know. 419 00:31:17,657 --> 00:31:20,751 - Who are you? - I'm the bigwig from St. Louis. 420 00:31:23,263 --> 00:31:25,026 Oh, for Pete's sake, Frank. 421 00:31:25,532 --> 00:31:28,330 Finally we get a chance at a good order, and you make it fry fish. 422 00:31:28,401 --> 00:31:30,130 Well, how was I to guess? 423 00:31:30,670 --> 00:31:33,798 - I'm terribly sorry. - Well, what are we gonna do? 424 00:31:34,941 --> 00:31:37,307 Well, suppose we eat the sand dabs and get to work. 425 00:32:50,783 --> 00:32:53,183 Hey, Fred's working on the main gas tank now. 426 00:32:53,453 --> 00:32:55,478 You sure you want it in front of the cockpit? 427 00:32:55,555 --> 00:32:57,182 Slim's idea. It's a good one. 428 00:32:57,257 --> 00:32:58,485 Well, if I crash land, 429 00:32:58,558 --> 00:33:01,755 I just don't want to be sandwiched in between the engine and all that gas. 430 00:33:01,961 --> 00:33:04,623 You'll be flying in a blind cockpit. You won't see where you're going. 431 00:33:04,697 --> 00:33:07,495 Well, we got a window on each side, don't you remember? 432 00:33:07,834 --> 00:33:11,793 Well, suppose you let us set this in the instrument panel. 433 00:33:12,572 --> 00:33:14,301 It's a sort of a periscope. 434 00:33:15,975 --> 00:33:19,741 It's just a couple of mirrors in a box. Old man Randolph designed it. 435 00:33:20,914 --> 00:33:23,382 Help you look ahead. Might even help you landing. 436 00:33:23,449 --> 00:33:26,316 - How much it weigh? - Nothing, a couple of pound. 437 00:33:29,155 --> 00:33:31,988 - What do you think, Don? - I think we can stand it. 438 00:33:32,425 --> 00:33:33,949 All right, put it in. 439 00:33:34,327 --> 00:33:36,818 - How about the radio? - No, we've decided against it. 440 00:33:36,896 --> 00:33:38,158 - No radio? - No. 441 00:33:38,264 --> 00:33:40,630 Byrd, Chamberlin, Wooster and Davis, they're all taking radios. 442 00:33:40,700 --> 00:33:43,567 Yes, but they have big planes. We can't afford the weight. 443 00:33:43,636 --> 00:33:45,194 I suppose a sextant is all you need anyway. 444 00:33:45,271 --> 00:33:46,898 No, no, we can't use a sextant. 445 00:33:46,973 --> 00:33:49,771 You can't operate a sextant and fly an airplane at the same time. 446 00:33:49,842 --> 00:33:52,242 - How you gonna navigate? - Dead reckoning. 447 00:33:52,645 --> 00:33:55,637 I take up a compass heading of 65 degrees out of New York, 448 00:33:55,715 --> 00:33:57,740 keep correcting the heading every 100 miles. 449 00:33:57,817 --> 00:33:58,875 What happens over the water? 450 00:33:58,952 --> 00:34:02,854 Over the water I keep watching the waves, see which direction the wind's blowing, 451 00:34:02,922 --> 00:34:05,049 - allow for the drift... - And hope the Lord will do the rest. 452 00:34:05,124 --> 00:34:07,615 No, I never bother the Lord. I'll do the rest. 453 00:34:07,827 --> 00:34:09,795 Might need a little help up there, don't you think? 454 00:34:09,862 --> 00:34:11,557 No, it will only get in the way. 455 00:34:12,899 --> 00:34:15,163 Here are the details for the shock absorbers. 456 00:34:15,235 --> 00:34:17,260 We'd better get going. We're way behind. 457 00:34:17,337 --> 00:34:20,204 Wooster and Davis are ready for their test flights. 458 00:34:20,607 --> 00:34:22,336 Maybe we started too late. 459 00:34:23,142 --> 00:34:25,337 Well, let's keep plugging anyway. 460 00:34:26,879 --> 00:34:27,868 Frank, 461 00:34:28,848 --> 00:34:31,544 we said we could do the job in 90 days or less. 462 00:34:31,718 --> 00:34:34,312 - Let's do it in less. - How much less? 463 00:34:34,420 --> 00:34:37,480 - A lot less. - Look, we can only do so much. 464 00:34:39,892 --> 00:34:42,554 Okay. Let me talk to the men downstairs. 465 00:34:42,795 --> 00:34:45,286 I'll ask them to go on a 24-hour schedule. 466 00:35:46,292 --> 00:35:47,452 There it is! 467 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,552 I understand they've had one of these J-5 whirlwinds on the test block 468 00:35:50,630 --> 00:35:53,326 for as much as 150 consecutive hours. 469 00:35:53,399 --> 00:35:56,334 Well, just 40 consecutive hours would be fine with me. 470 00:35:56,402 --> 00:35:58,768 - Slim... - It's a shame to put it to work right away. 471 00:35:58,838 --> 00:36:00,965 - We ought to hang it on a Christmas tree. - Yeah. 472 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,806 - Slim, have you seen the paper? - No. What's the matter? 473 00:36:05,011 --> 00:36:07,275 Wooster and Davis. They're out of it. 474 00:36:07,714 --> 00:36:09,113 They crack up? 475 00:36:09,882 --> 00:36:11,042 Killed. 476 00:36:11,651 --> 00:36:13,676 Testing with a full load of gas. 477 00:36:33,906 --> 00:36:35,203 All right, men. 478 00:37:12,412 --> 00:37:13,777 April 28th. 479 00:37:14,313 --> 00:37:19,182 Sixty-three days from the afternoon Hall traced the Spirit's outline in the sand. 480 00:37:21,020 --> 00:37:24,012 We hauled the Spirit out to Dutch Flats for her tests. 481 00:39:03,289 --> 00:39:07,692 We're going to shove off this afternoon. We're going to St. Louis, New York, 482 00:39:08,528 --> 00:39:10,689 and then we'll try for the big one. 483 00:39:10,930 --> 00:39:14,866 We, that's me, the plane and you, too, 484 00:39:15,801 --> 00:39:18,964 because, in a sense, we'll be flying the Atlantic together, 485 00:39:19,539 --> 00:39:20,836 all of us. Thank you. 486 00:39:20,907 --> 00:39:22,272 - Yeah! - Yeah! 487 00:39:22,341 --> 00:39:25,208 Let's get a picture. Line up alongside the plane! 488 00:39:25,278 --> 00:39:27,508 Short ones in front. Tall ones in back. 489 00:39:27,580 --> 00:39:29,605 Slim, they want you on the phone. 490 00:39:29,682 --> 00:39:31,946 Well, that will wait. Come on, get in the picture, here. 491 00:39:32,018 --> 00:39:34,680 Well, it's the San Diego newspaper. I think you had better talk to them. 492 00:39:34,754 --> 00:39:36,153 What do they want? 493 00:39:36,489 --> 00:39:38,650 They want to know if you're going to change your plans now. 494 00:39:38,724 --> 00:39:41,352 - Why should I change my plans now? - Because you... 495 00:39:41,427 --> 00:39:43,054 - Look, you talk to them. - What? 496 00:39:50,036 --> 00:39:52,095 - Lindbergh speaking. - Are you changing your plans? 497 00:39:52,171 --> 00:39:54,799 No. My plans are to leave for St. Louis this afternoon. 498 00:39:54,874 --> 00:39:57,001 - Have you heard? - Have I heard what? 499 00:39:57,076 --> 00:39:59,510 We have an AP dispatch here from Paris. 500 00:39:59,579 --> 00:40:02,207 Two French flyers by the name of Nungesser and Coli 501 00:40:02,281 --> 00:40:04,044 took off for New York this morning. 502 00:40:04,116 --> 00:40:06,550 - Nungesser and Coli? - Did you get that? 503 00:40:06,752 --> 00:40:08,185 All right, I have that. Now go on. 504 00:40:08,254 --> 00:40:09,744 What is your reaction 505 00:40:09,822 --> 00:40:12,086 now that Nungesser and Coli are over the Atlantic? 506 00:40:12,158 --> 00:40:15,252 I mean, will you go ahead with your flight just the same? 507 00:40:15,328 --> 00:40:16,795 Well, I don't know. 508 00:40:17,396 --> 00:40:19,125 Of course things look a little different now. 509 00:40:19,198 --> 00:40:22,634 They're experienced flyers and I'm sure they'll make New York on schedule. 510 00:40:22,702 --> 00:40:25,330 - So you plan to go ahead anyway? - Yes. 511 00:40:25,771 --> 00:40:27,534 Thank you for the interview. 512 00:40:27,607 --> 00:40:29,199 Thank you for calling. 513 00:40:31,177 --> 00:40:34,374 It's the first time a plane loaded with that much gas actually got off the ground. 514 00:40:34,447 --> 00:40:35,607 It's a marine design. 515 00:40:35,681 --> 00:40:37,478 I read someplace that Nungesser and Coli 516 00:40:37,550 --> 00:40:39,575 would drop the landing gear on the takeoff. 517 00:40:39,652 --> 00:40:42,917 They'll set her down on the water right in New York Harbor. 518 00:40:45,625 --> 00:40:48,059 Sorry, Slim. Looks like school's out. 519 00:40:55,635 --> 00:40:58,331 Well, let's take the graduation picture anyway. 520 00:41:05,544 --> 00:41:06,909 All right, everybody ready? 521 00:41:08,848 --> 00:41:11,510 Now give me a big smile. Hold it. 522 00:41:12,418 --> 00:41:14,147 Thank you. Now once more. 523 00:41:21,193 --> 00:41:24,026 I shouldn't have gambled the organization's money. 524 00:41:25,031 --> 00:41:28,797 Well, maybe we can sell the Spirit for enough to pay them back, 525 00:41:29,702 --> 00:41:31,761 but I wouldn't like to sell her. 526 00:41:32,271 --> 00:41:34,068 She's not for barnstorming 527 00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:37,405 or taking up passengers on a dull Sunday afternoon. 528 00:41:38,077 --> 00:41:41,205 Oh, we'll find something else, across the Pacific maybe. 529 00:42:29,462 --> 00:42:30,520 Hello, Harry. 530 00:42:30,596 --> 00:42:32,723 Welcome home, Slim. How long did it take you? 531 00:42:32,798 --> 00:42:35,631 Well, 14 hours, 25 minutes. 532 00:42:35,835 --> 00:42:39,862 - Nice work. Nice plane, too. - She sure loves to fly. 533 00:42:40,406 --> 00:42:42,465 Bixby and the others are over in Louie's Shack 534 00:42:42,541 --> 00:42:45,601 listening to the latest on Nungesser and Coli. Come on. 535 00:42:46,612 --> 00:42:48,477 - They in New York now? - No. 536 00:42:49,115 --> 00:42:51,015 - They landed? - No. 537 00:42:52,151 --> 00:42:54,984 - They're overdue, aren't they? - About eight hours. 538 00:42:55,187 --> 00:42:57,155 - Well, any reports? - A couple. 539 00:42:57,223 --> 00:42:59,487 One that they crash-landed somewhere in Newfoundland. 540 00:42:59,558 --> 00:43:01,526 Another that a British ship picked them up at sea. 541 00:43:01,594 --> 00:43:03,084 Nobody really knows. 542 00:43:06,732 --> 00:43:09,758 As the fortieth hour since their takeoff from Paris approached, 543 00:43:09,835 --> 00:43:13,965 it became horrifyingly certain that somewhere out over the North Atlantic 544 00:43:14,039 --> 00:43:15,666 a tragedy was being enacted. 545 00:43:15,741 --> 00:43:17,504 - Hi, Slim. - Was it a lack of gasoline 546 00:43:17,576 --> 00:43:20,044 which brought down the craft of the dauntless Frenchmen 547 00:43:20,112 --> 00:43:22,273 or some other unlooked-for mishap? 548 00:43:22,648 --> 00:43:25,811 A viation experts believe that ice forming on the wings 549 00:43:25,885 --> 00:43:28,251 in the cold, rainy region east of Newfoundland 550 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,721 may have plunged Nungesser and Coli into the windswept sea. 551 00:43:32,591 --> 00:43:35,219 Meanwhile at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, 552 00:43:35,294 --> 00:43:37,421 Clarence Chamberlin and Commander Byrd, 553 00:43:37,496 --> 00:43:40,488 unshaken by the fate which has overtaken the French aces, 554 00:43:40,566 --> 00:43:43,091 are going ahead with their own preparations. 555 00:43:43,202 --> 00:43:45,636 As soon as they're ready, they will launch their planes 556 00:43:45,704 --> 00:43:48,332 on the long mysterious air road to Paris, 557 00:43:48,407 --> 00:43:51,706 which by now has claimed the lives of so many flyers. 558 00:43:52,278 --> 00:43:55,145 There is also a bulletin from San Diego, California, 559 00:43:55,281 --> 00:43:58,375 that an air mail pilot, Charles A. Lindbergh, 560 00:43:58,450 --> 00:44:02,352 has left for New York to enter his plane in the transatlantic race. 561 00:44:06,325 --> 00:44:08,623 - Well, how about some breakfast, Slim? - Okay. 562 00:44:08,694 --> 00:44:09,991 Why don't we drive you into town? 563 00:44:10,062 --> 00:44:13,463 You ought to get some rest. Then we ought to have a long talk. 564 00:44:13,899 --> 00:44:15,833 A long talk? Well, hadn't I better go on to New York 565 00:44:15,901 --> 00:44:18,495 - before Chamberlin and Byrd get away? - Byrd's still waiting. 566 00:44:18,571 --> 00:44:21,404 Chamberlin's plane has been pinned down by a court injunction. 567 00:44:21,473 --> 00:44:22,963 Well, that's a break for us. 568 00:44:23,042 --> 00:44:26,637 I figure just about seven hours to New York. She really goes. 569 00:44:26,879 --> 00:44:29,575 - Come on out. I'll show you the Spirit. - Sit down, Slim. 570 00:44:29,648 --> 00:44:31,707 Well, don't you want to see where your money went? 571 00:44:34,486 --> 00:44:35,885 What's the matter? 572 00:44:36,188 --> 00:44:38,053 Let me ask you something, Slim. 573 00:44:38,724 --> 00:44:41,420 Wouldn't you like to re-examine this whole idea? 574 00:44:41,927 --> 00:44:44,555 - Well, what is there to re-examine? - The odds, Slim. 575 00:44:44,697 --> 00:44:46,688 If somebody were to take out a policy on this flight, 576 00:44:46,765 --> 00:44:48,665 you know what the odds would be. 577 00:44:48,734 --> 00:44:51,760 But I like the odds or I never would have asked you to put up the money. 578 00:44:51,837 --> 00:44:55,864 Forget about the money, Slim. Four men are dead, probably six by now. 579 00:44:56,609 --> 00:44:59,077 We don't wanna add your name to that list. 580 00:45:00,212 --> 00:45:03,204 Well, of course you have the right to call it off if you want to. 581 00:45:03,282 --> 00:45:05,807 It's your baby, Slim. You make the decisions. 582 00:45:06,118 --> 00:45:07,107 All we're trying to do is... 583 00:45:07,186 --> 00:45:09,882 All you're trying to do is give me an easy out. 584 00:45:10,089 --> 00:45:11,954 Well, thank you just the same. 585 00:45:12,024 --> 00:45:14,515 It just doesn't look as if it can be done. 586 00:45:14,593 --> 00:45:17,528 Maybe planes aren't up to it, not yet anyway. 587 00:45:18,697 --> 00:45:22,656 - In 10 years, perhaps, but not now. - But it's got to be tried now! 588 00:45:22,735 --> 00:45:27,399 Over and over again, until it is done! Can't you understand that? 589 00:45:27,473 --> 00:45:28,462 Can't... 590 00:45:31,744 --> 00:45:36,147 No, I guess it's hard for you to understand, isn't it? 591 00:45:37,416 --> 00:45:39,407 You're not professional flyers, 592 00:45:40,853 --> 00:45:43,048 and Nungesser and Coli would understand. 593 00:45:48,394 --> 00:45:50,157 Only an hour left now. 594 00:45:50,963 --> 00:45:54,330 Try... to sink in. 595 00:45:55,467 --> 00:45:58,459 Oh, why doesn't Frank ask them to stop typing? 596 00:45:58,604 --> 00:45:59,832 What are they writing now? 597 00:45:59,905 --> 00:46:01,429 A week ago they didn't know I was alive, 598 00:46:01,507 --> 00:46:04,374 and now they have me born in four different states. 599 00:46:04,610 --> 00:46:07,875 Suddenly, I'm Lucky Charlie. I'm the Lone Eagle. 600 00:46:08,180 --> 00:46:09,909 I'm the Flying Fool. 601 00:46:30,736 --> 00:46:33,796 I hope the weather boys know what they're talking about. 602 00:46:33,872 --> 00:46:35,362 Maybe it will clear. 603 00:46:36,208 --> 00:46:39,006 Now don't start worrying about the weather again. 604 00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:45,842 No, no, I won't take a toothbrush along. I'll buy one in Paris. 605 00:46:46,285 --> 00:46:48,378 No razor, no extra shirt. 606 00:46:48,454 --> 00:46:51,446 No unnecessary weight, even though it's just a pound. 607 00:46:51,523 --> 00:46:54,151 It's a pound less to lift out of the mud on the runway. 608 00:46:54,226 --> 00:46:56,888 Now if the rain would stop now... 609 00:46:57,763 --> 00:47:01,824 Can we get up enough speed in that mud to go up and over? 610 00:47:02,668 --> 00:47:04,499 Am I asking too much of her? 611 00:47:05,571 --> 00:47:09,007 A little bit of steel and wood and canvas 612 00:47:09,074 --> 00:47:14,671 to hoist 5,000 pounds high enough, soon enough? 613 00:47:15,381 --> 00:47:16,871 Oh, go to sleep. 614 00:47:18,283 --> 00:47:21,275 Soak your wrists in warm water. Count sheep. 615 00:47:22,388 --> 00:47:26,051 Count the morning glories on the wall. Go to sleep. 616 00:47:44,710 --> 00:47:49,374 "Dear Slim, you might put this St. Christopher in your flying suit. 617 00:47:50,249 --> 00:47:53,810 "He helps wayfarers across bridgeless waters. 618 00:47:55,387 --> 00:47:56,752 "Father Hussman." 619 00:48:01,126 --> 00:48:02,388 Father Hussman. 620 00:48:03,962 --> 00:48:06,590 Oh, you were such a bad flyer. 621 00:48:07,833 --> 00:48:10,802 I gave you 20 lessons and you never learned anything. 622 00:48:11,270 --> 00:48:13,397 You were the worst student I ever had. 623 00:48:17,476 --> 00:48:20,274 All right, Father, now let's try another landing. 624 00:48:20,779 --> 00:48:24,772 No, no. Don't turn yet, now, you're too high. Just level it out. 625 00:48:25,117 --> 00:48:28,211 Pick the wing up. Pick the right... Where are you going? 626 00:48:28,287 --> 00:48:31,415 Pick the wing up! All right, now fly straight and level. 627 00:48:32,257 --> 00:48:33,918 You're diving, Father! 628 00:48:33,992 --> 00:48:35,857 Pick the nose up. Fly right straight and level. 629 00:48:35,928 --> 00:48:37,293 There we are. 630 00:48:38,030 --> 00:48:41,329 Pick the right wing up. Pick the right wing up, Father! 631 00:48:48,707 --> 00:48:51,699 No, you're diving again now. Pull the nose up! 632 00:48:57,182 --> 00:48:58,672 You see those trees? 633 00:49:01,253 --> 00:49:03,050 The trees, do you see them? 634 00:49:39,591 --> 00:49:43,425 Well, not so bad, eh? I guess I'm getting the hang of it. 635 00:49:43,729 --> 00:49:46,493 No, Father, you're not and you never will. 636 00:49:46,565 --> 00:49:49,659 You've got no coordination, no feeling for the airplane. 637 00:49:49,735 --> 00:49:52,602 - You're wasting your money. - I don't want to be a stunt flyer. 638 00:49:52,671 --> 00:49:55,469 I just want to learn enough to be able to go up there once in a while. 639 00:49:55,541 --> 00:49:57,566 Well, why? You wanna buzz your congregation? 640 00:49:57,643 --> 00:49:59,270 I got a lot of reasons. 641 00:49:59,444 --> 00:50:02,709 For instance, when I'm up there, I feel a bit closer to God. 642 00:50:02,948 --> 00:50:05,746 I'd say you're closer to God when you're landing. 643 00:50:05,817 --> 00:50:08,513 Nonsense! I can land fine! 644 00:50:08,720 --> 00:50:10,950 I've got a special prayer for landings. 645 00:50:11,023 --> 00:50:13,253 Don't you think you need a little more than that? 646 00:50:13,325 --> 00:50:16,488 I also have a prayer for takeoffs, 647 00:50:16,562 --> 00:50:19,429 for engine trouble, for rough air, all kinds of prayers. 648 00:50:19,498 --> 00:50:23,298 Would you like to hear the one for landings? It's out of the Psalms. 649 00:50:23,368 --> 00:50:24,960 No, thank you, Father. 650 00:50:25,137 --> 00:50:27,264 Slim, don't you ever pray? 651 00:50:27,739 --> 00:50:30,230 Well, I don't have to, I know how to land. 652 00:50:30,642 --> 00:50:31,939 Let me ask you something. 653 00:50:32,010 --> 00:50:34,478 How come I never see you around the church? 654 00:50:35,113 --> 00:50:37,911 - You don't believe? - Well, yes, I believe. 655 00:50:37,983 --> 00:50:41,009 I believe in an instrument panel, a pressure gauge, a compass, 656 00:50:41,086 --> 00:50:44,112 things I can see and touch. I can't touch God. 657 00:50:44,223 --> 00:50:46,589 You're not supposed to. He touches you. 658 00:50:48,060 --> 00:50:49,186 Well, now, tell me, Father. 659 00:50:49,261 --> 00:50:51,752 Now suppose you were up in this airplane all alone 660 00:50:51,830 --> 00:50:54,458 and you stalled it and you fell into a spin. 661 00:50:54,533 --> 00:50:56,433 You were dropping like a rock, 662 00:50:56,902 --> 00:50:58,631 and you believe he'd help you out of it? 663 00:50:58,704 --> 00:51:02,697 I can't say yes or no, but he'd know I was falling. 664 00:51:44,816 --> 00:51:48,513 - What's the matter, Slim? It's not time yet. - Oh, it's close enough. 665 00:51:50,322 --> 00:51:52,620 - Anything new from the field? - Nothing. 666 00:51:52,924 --> 00:51:55,222 We have a car downstairs to drive you. 667 00:51:59,264 --> 00:52:01,562 - Did you get any sleep? - I'm all right. 668 00:52:03,201 --> 00:52:06,295 - You taking this suitcase? - I'm not gonna take anything, Frank. 669 00:52:06,371 --> 00:52:09,101 Not even a toothbrush, just what I wear. 670 00:52:10,342 --> 00:52:14,073 What about your money and the wristwatch and this St. Christopher? 671 00:52:14,179 --> 00:52:16,773 Well, you put all that stuff away and keep it for me, will you? 672 00:52:16,848 --> 00:52:18,543 Yeah, you bet your life. 673 00:52:22,287 --> 00:52:26,348 - Slim, suppose... - Suppose what? 674 00:52:27,959 --> 00:52:28,983 Nothing. 675 00:52:29,061 --> 00:52:30,926 Oh, well, in that case, send the stuff to my mother. 676 00:52:30,996 --> 00:52:32,258 She lives in Detroit. 677 00:52:47,279 --> 00:52:48,439 Oh, you checking out, Mr. Lindbergh? 678 00:52:48,513 --> 00:52:49,946 - Looks like. - I'll take care of the bill. 679 00:52:50,015 --> 00:52:52,745 Was there any forwarding address if there's mail? 680 00:52:53,385 --> 00:52:55,546 Well, general delivery, Paris, I guess. 681 00:52:55,620 --> 00:52:58,487 - You better hold it for a few days. - Have you got the sandwiches ready? 682 00:52:58,557 --> 00:52:59,581 Yes. 683 00:53:01,927 --> 00:53:03,189 - Good luck, Mr. Lindbergh. - Thank you. 684 00:53:03,261 --> 00:53:04,250 Open. 685 00:53:04,930 --> 00:53:07,558 - Hey, Lindbergh! - Give us a minute, Charlie! 686 00:53:07,632 --> 00:53:09,725 Will you be searching for Nungesser and Coli? 687 00:53:10,001 --> 00:53:12,094 Hey, are you really hopping off... 688 00:53:28,820 --> 00:53:30,788 - Two canteens of water. - Check. 689 00:53:31,089 --> 00:53:32,613 - Log book. - Check. 690 00:53:32,791 --> 00:53:34,088 - Charts. - Check. 691 00:53:34,226 --> 00:53:36,023 - One knife. - Check. 692 00:53:36,228 --> 00:53:38,196 - One seat cushion. - Check. 693 00:53:38,296 --> 00:53:40,526 - One Armbrust cup. - Check. 694 00:53:40,732 --> 00:53:42,757 - One hacksaw blade. - Check. 695 00:53:42,834 --> 00:53:44,461 - Two flashlights. - Check. 696 00:53:44,536 --> 00:53:47,198 - One box of ammonia ampoules. - Check. 697 00:53:47,339 --> 00:53:49,364 - Two emergency flares. - Check. 698 00:53:50,075 --> 00:53:52,043 I wish you'd let us put in a parachute, Slim. 699 00:53:52,110 --> 00:53:55,910 Oh, it's too heavy. Twenty pounds, that's almost four gallons of gasoline. 700 00:53:55,981 --> 00:53:58,381 - Any word from the other planes? - Not a peep from either camp. 701 00:53:58,450 --> 00:54:00,008 I guess they're waiting for the sun to show. 702 00:54:00,085 --> 00:54:01,109 What's the latest on the weather? 703 00:54:01,186 --> 00:54:03,882 Just called the weather bureau. They think there's still a chance. 704 00:54:03,955 --> 00:54:05,923 Well, call them again, will you? 705 00:54:05,991 --> 00:54:07,891 I'd hate to wear my galoshes. 706 00:54:08,427 --> 00:54:10,554 - Oh, too heavy. - Check. 707 00:54:12,764 --> 00:54:14,857 How did she sound when you ran her up? 708 00:54:14,933 --> 00:54:17,629 Checked both mags at 1650. Smooth as silk. 709 00:54:17,702 --> 00:54:19,829 - Fine. - Three hundred gallons, Mr. Lindbergh. 710 00:54:19,905 --> 00:54:22,465 That's good. We'll top her off when we get her out on the runway. 711 00:54:22,808 --> 00:54:25,106 Want to see where I put the magnetic compass? 712 00:54:26,111 --> 00:54:29,410 It's the best spot I could find for it. It'll swing less in rough air, 713 00:54:29,481 --> 00:54:32,041 but you're gonna have to read it in a mirror. 714 00:54:33,318 --> 00:54:35,479 I got that from the office, but it's not right. 715 00:54:35,554 --> 00:54:39,422 No, no, it's too big, too heavy. What you need is a small pocket mirror. 716 00:54:40,025 --> 00:54:42,994 Anybody got a little mirror, about two inches square? 717 00:54:43,061 --> 00:54:45,359 Who's got a little mirror around here? 718 00:54:46,798 --> 00:54:48,095 I have. 719 00:54:53,305 --> 00:54:54,636 Will this do? 720 00:54:56,575 --> 00:54:58,668 It's little, but it's not square. 721 00:55:00,479 --> 00:55:01,969 Well, this will do fine. 722 00:55:05,116 --> 00:55:06,208 How's that? 723 00:55:06,284 --> 00:55:09,344 Well, how am I going to attach it? I can't screw it on. 724 00:55:10,388 --> 00:55:11,548 Stick it on. 725 00:55:13,725 --> 00:55:14,714 Okay. 726 00:55:21,867 --> 00:55:23,129 What's it for? 727 00:55:23,401 --> 00:55:25,062 Well, you see, this is the magnetic compass, 728 00:55:25,136 --> 00:55:28,333 and we had no room to put it over there so he put it right above my head. 729 00:55:28,406 --> 00:55:30,931 So in order to read it, I'll look into your mirror. 730 00:55:31,009 --> 00:55:33,341 - Oh! - Are you sure you can spare it? 731 00:55:33,411 --> 00:55:37,370 - Oh, it's nothing, just five-and-dime. - Well, I want to thank you, anyway. 732 00:55:37,582 --> 00:55:41,143 - Would you let me sit in the driver's seat? - Sure. Sure, get in. 733 00:55:41,386 --> 00:55:44,014 It's smaller than I thought. 734 00:55:44,556 --> 00:55:47,320 - It's awfully bare. - I beg your pardon? 735 00:55:47,526 --> 00:55:48,891 It's so bare. 736 00:55:50,028 --> 00:55:51,996 Yes, I guess it is. 737 00:55:52,631 --> 00:55:56,397 Well, when I get to Paris, I'll put in a rug and maybe some curtains. 738 00:55:57,402 --> 00:56:00,530 You can't even see where you're going. Why don't you cut a hole here? 739 00:56:00,605 --> 00:56:02,766 Oh, well, you couldn't do that. The gasoline would come out. 740 00:56:02,841 --> 00:56:04,934 You see, there's 300 gallons of gasoline up here. 741 00:56:05,010 --> 00:56:06,568 Well, don't you have to look ahead? 742 00:56:06,645 --> 00:56:10,638 Well, I can look forward through this. This is a periscope. 743 00:56:11,283 --> 00:56:14,309 - Like in a submarine, underwater? - Yes, that's right. 744 00:56:14,786 --> 00:56:17,846 Except I hope I'm not going to have to use it that way, I... 745 00:56:19,124 --> 00:56:23,151 - Well, what are all these for? - Well, all these lead to the five tanks. 746 00:56:23,228 --> 00:56:25,355 Now, they're in the fuselage here and in the wing. 747 00:56:25,430 --> 00:56:29,093 I can turn them on and off and control the flow of gasoline 748 00:56:29,167 --> 00:56:32,227 and balance the airplane that way. Understand? 749 00:56:33,605 --> 00:56:34,799 Not really. 750 00:56:36,675 --> 00:56:39,041 I guess I'd better get out of your way. 751 00:56:41,079 --> 00:56:44,105 How long have you been standing out there in the rain? 752 00:56:44,683 --> 00:56:47,379 - All night. - You live in Long Island? 753 00:56:48,587 --> 00:56:49,611 New York? 754 00:56:50,989 --> 00:56:54,288 - Philadelphia. - You came all the way from Philadelphia? 755 00:56:54,826 --> 00:56:57,386 I had to. You needed the mirror. 756 00:57:06,838 --> 00:57:09,466 Just talked to Dr. Kimball at the Weather Bureau. 757 00:57:09,541 --> 00:57:11,839 - He sounds very cautious. - How cautious? 758 00:57:11,910 --> 00:57:14,470 Fog between the Cape and Newfoundland, lifting slowly. 759 00:57:14,546 --> 00:57:16,173 Clearing all along the European coast. 760 00:57:16,247 --> 00:57:18,272 It's the weather over the Atlantic that's got him worried. 761 00:57:18,350 --> 00:57:20,841 He'd feel better if you waited until noon. 762 00:57:21,186 --> 00:57:22,175 Yeah. 763 00:57:26,324 --> 00:57:29,851 Slim, why don't you postpone it for another 24 hours? 764 00:57:30,295 --> 00:57:32,422 You'd be sure about the weather then. 765 00:57:32,497 --> 00:57:35,057 - Give you a chance to sleep some, too. - Yeah. 766 00:57:35,634 --> 00:57:36,965 Except in another 24 hours, 767 00:57:37,035 --> 00:57:39,560 I might be flying in Chamberlin's prop wash. 768 00:57:40,972 --> 00:57:42,405 That's up to you, Slim. 769 00:58:40,398 --> 00:58:41,865 Let's roll her out. 770 00:58:52,210 --> 00:58:55,646 Clear it out, here. Come on. Move back, folks. Clear back. 771 01:01:03,041 --> 01:01:05,601 I don't like the looks of that runway, Slim. 772 01:01:07,212 --> 01:01:09,703 You think you can hold her straight through those washouts? 773 01:01:09,781 --> 01:01:13,273 - Think you can lift her? - I can if I can get up enough speed. 774 01:01:13,985 --> 01:01:16,385 I wish we'd tested her with this much weight 775 01:01:16,454 --> 01:01:18,251 and under these conditions. 776 01:01:19,324 --> 01:01:22,885 Frank, let's drive down the runway to where that stick is. 777 01:01:23,361 --> 01:01:24,453 What's the matter, Slim? 778 01:01:24,529 --> 01:01:27,089 I guess the wind blew away my takeoff marker. 779 01:01:51,389 --> 01:01:53,584 - Is this the spot? - Yes, I measured it. 780 01:01:54,525 --> 01:01:57,016 - Do you have a handkerchief? - Yeah. 781 01:01:58,196 --> 01:02:00,426 Well, what happens if you don't get off the ground by here? 782 01:02:00,498 --> 01:02:01,965 I'll cut the power. 783 01:02:02,367 --> 01:02:04,164 Aren't you slicing it a little thin? 784 01:02:04,235 --> 01:02:07,033 Can you roll her to a stop before you pile up against those trees? 785 01:02:07,105 --> 01:02:09,903 Well, she'll slow down pretty quick in this mush. 786 01:02:10,675 --> 01:02:13,838 Just don't try to lift her beyond the marker. The wind is wrong. 787 01:02:13,912 --> 01:02:16,107 You'll never make it over those wires and trees. 788 01:02:16,180 --> 01:02:17,442 I'll watch it. 789 01:02:17,982 --> 01:02:20,007 Well, I'm not trying to tell you how to fly, Slim. 790 01:02:20,318 --> 01:02:21,945 I know that, Frank. 791 01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:58,387 - She's all topped off, 425 gallons. - Fine. 792 01:03:11,502 --> 01:03:14,266 Don't forget your sandwiches, Slim. There's five of them. 793 01:03:14,339 --> 01:03:16,034 Put them under the seat. 794 01:03:16,374 --> 01:03:20,435 One hard-boiled egg on white, two roast beef and two ham on rye. 795 01:03:35,126 --> 01:03:37,788 - I tried to get you some sand dabs. - No sand dabs, huh? 796 01:03:37,862 --> 01:03:39,022 No sand dabs. 797 01:03:39,097 --> 01:03:40,496 Frank, there's something I ought to tell you. 798 01:03:40,565 --> 01:03:43,500 - I hope you won't get sore. - Of course not, Slim. 799 01:03:43,668 --> 01:03:46,398 Well, those sand dabs of yours are just terrible. 800 01:03:46,471 --> 01:03:49,531 The way you weld them with that acetylene flavor, the... 801 01:03:49,607 --> 01:03:50,835 You ate them. 802 01:03:51,075 --> 01:03:55,034 Well, I thought I'd better. I wanted the airplane on time. 803 01:04:32,039 --> 01:04:33,768 Gas is on. Switch is off. 804 01:04:49,456 --> 01:04:50,480 Contact. 805 01:04:53,293 --> 01:04:54,282 Contact. 806 01:04:57,164 --> 01:04:58,153 Off. 807 01:04:59,099 --> 01:05:00,088 Off. 808 01:05:05,439 --> 01:05:06,428 Contact. 809 01:05:08,408 --> 01:05:09,397 Contact. 810 01:05:40,407 --> 01:05:44,434 Hey, it's 30 revolutions low. It's 30 revolutions low. 811 01:05:44,511 --> 01:05:48,174 - What do you make of it, damp air? - That's all. Nothing mechanical. 812 01:07:18,005 --> 01:07:20,098 Well, I guess I might as well go. 813 01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:48,565 Pull the chocks! 814 01:09:33,673 --> 01:09:34,901 Cut it, Slim! 815 01:12:06,526 --> 01:12:07,618 Two hours. 816 01:12:08,161 --> 01:12:09,924 Almost 200 miles gone. 817 01:12:10,864 --> 01:12:12,991 Got a light tail wind, that helps. 818 01:12:14,534 --> 01:12:16,525 If we can hold this schedule, 819 01:12:16,803 --> 01:12:21,001 in the 38th hour we'll land in Paris. 820 01:12:31,885 --> 01:12:33,853 Well, where did you come from? 821 01:12:35,188 --> 01:12:37,156 Where do you think you're going? 822 01:12:37,223 --> 01:12:38,588 Go on. Go on, out. 823 01:12:40,427 --> 01:12:42,156 Go on. You know the rules. 824 01:12:42,829 --> 01:12:45,059 No co-pilots, no excess baggage. 825 01:12:48,435 --> 01:12:52,303 Now don't make any trouble. This airplane's going all the way to Paris. 826 01:12:56,810 --> 01:12:59,506 Just how much extra weight would you be, anyway? 827 01:12:59,913 --> 01:13:01,540 I suppose that depends. 828 01:13:02,015 --> 01:13:03,915 If you're sitting in a plane, that's extra weight. 829 01:13:03,983 --> 01:13:07,384 But if you're flying around inside a flying plane, 830 01:13:08,188 --> 01:13:09,985 would that add to the load? 831 01:13:10,724 --> 01:13:12,885 Very interesting problem, isn't it? 832 01:13:25,739 --> 01:13:27,001 Where are you? 833 01:13:32,779 --> 01:13:35,805 Hey, get away from those sandwiches. We can't eat yet. 834 01:13:38,918 --> 01:13:40,715 Have to switch tanks again. 835 01:13:40,987 --> 01:13:42,716 I must do this every hour. 836 01:14:51,057 --> 01:14:53,218 What's the matter, water scare you? 837 01:14:53,526 --> 01:14:55,619 Oh, this isn't the real thing yet. 838 01:14:56,129 --> 01:14:57,756 Still plenty of land ahead. 839 01:14:57,831 --> 01:14:59,560 Nova Scotia, Newfoundland. 840 01:15:35,735 --> 01:15:38,295 Only four hours gone and I'm exhausted. 841 01:15:38,938 --> 01:15:42,567 No, no, it's not four hours. It's 28 hours since I've had any sleep. 842 01:15:45,078 --> 01:15:49,071 Why did I let last night go to waste in that hotel room on Long Island? 843 01:15:49,349 --> 01:15:51,840 I'd settle for just one hour in that bed right now. 844 01:15:51,918 --> 01:15:53,545 No, no, 15 minutes. 845 01:15:54,487 --> 01:15:57,945 Well, it wouldn't have to be a bed. I'd sleep on the floor. 846 01:15:59,692 --> 01:16:02,525 I always could sleep any place anytime. 847 01:16:03,496 --> 01:16:05,396 When I was a kid in Little Falls, Minnesota, 848 01:16:05,465 --> 01:16:07,899 I'd sleep on the railroad tracks right beside the farm 849 01:16:07,967 --> 01:16:09,992 waiting for the catfish to bite. 850 01:16:26,252 --> 01:16:29,517 Or when I was a flying cadet at Brooks Field, Texas. 851 01:16:30,590 --> 01:16:33,457 The days were too long, and the bunks were too short. 852 01:17:01,421 --> 01:17:05,380 Or back in the barnstorming days, sleeping under the wing of my old Jenny 853 01:17:05,458 --> 01:17:09,656 by a windmill that pumped sweet water out of a Kansas prairie. 854 01:17:58,911 --> 01:18:00,538 I wasn't really asleep. 855 01:18:01,681 --> 01:18:04,241 I was just practicing for when we get to Paris. 856 01:18:08,221 --> 01:18:09,688 If we get to Paris. 857 01:18:26,272 --> 01:18:27,432 Nova Scotia. 858 01:18:28,041 --> 01:18:29,941 No, I won't have to turn back here. 859 01:18:30,009 --> 01:18:33,342 It's as clear as the sun. Open sky. 860 01:18:34,280 --> 01:18:36,009 Open sky to Newfoundland. 861 01:19:10,450 --> 01:19:12,213 Six miles off course. 862 01:19:13,119 --> 01:19:15,679 That's six miles after 200 miles of water. 863 01:19:16,823 --> 01:19:18,984 If I held this margin of error, 864 01:19:19,325 --> 01:19:22,123 how far off course would I be when I hit Ireland? 865 01:19:22,295 --> 01:19:25,423 Let's see, it's 1,900 miles across the Atlantic. 866 01:19:26,499 --> 01:19:29,491 So that would... I'd be 60 miles off at Ireland. 867 01:19:30,369 --> 01:19:32,166 Well, I'll settle for that. 868 01:19:33,005 --> 01:19:36,304 And nothing too wrong with this dead reckoning navigation, 869 01:19:37,176 --> 01:19:38,768 except maybe the name. 870 01:20:10,777 --> 01:20:13,712 Hey! 871 01:20:16,482 --> 01:20:19,042 Hey! 872 01:20:28,828 --> 01:20:32,127 I had a motorcycle once. Harley-Davidson, blue. 873 01:20:33,199 --> 01:20:35,224 Won a couple races with her, too. 874 01:20:35,868 --> 01:20:39,736 I had her for about a year and a half and then drove her down to Georgia. 875 01:20:39,806 --> 01:20:41,706 Traded her in on an airplane. 876 01:20:55,688 --> 01:20:57,622 You looking for something, son? 877 01:20:58,257 --> 01:21:00,589 Are you the man to see about surplus army planes? 878 01:21:00,660 --> 01:21:03,128 - Yeah, I sell them. - Well, I'm interested. 879 01:21:03,229 --> 01:21:04,787 - Flyer? - Yes, sir. 880 01:21:05,097 --> 01:21:06,758 Pilot friend of mine back in Nebraska, 881 01:21:06,833 --> 01:21:08,698 he said you have some real good buys here. 882 01:21:08,768 --> 01:21:11,862 Nebraska, eh? Sure, we got some Jennies pretty cheap. 883 01:21:12,205 --> 01:21:14,196 That one's the best of the lot. 884 01:21:15,208 --> 01:21:18,302 Don't look like much, engine's fine. 885 01:21:18,678 --> 01:21:20,805 Just wind her up and take her off. 886 01:21:20,913 --> 01:21:23,609 - How much? - $500. Cheap enough. 887 01:21:26,419 --> 01:21:30,082 Well, what would you say to $400, and I'll throw in the motorcycle? 888 01:21:31,490 --> 01:21:33,583 Wouldn't think much of that, son. 889 01:21:33,960 --> 01:21:36,019 $450 and the motorcycle. 890 01:21:37,063 --> 01:21:38,894 No, that's too steep for me. 891 01:21:42,368 --> 01:21:43,835 Might go for $425. 892 01:21:44,170 --> 01:21:47,162 $440. The gas tank's full. 893 01:21:49,675 --> 01:21:50,767 All right. 894 01:21:51,377 --> 01:21:53,004 All right, it's a deal. 895 01:21:56,716 --> 01:21:58,707 - I'll just... - Now there's $400. 896 01:21:59,118 --> 01:22:02,747 You want $20, $20. $40. 897 01:22:04,056 --> 01:22:05,489 Ever flown a Jenny? 898 01:22:05,558 --> 01:22:08,288 Oh, a plane's a plane. You fly one, you can fly them all. 899 01:22:08,361 --> 01:22:10,261 Real hot pilot, eh? 900 01:22:10,363 --> 01:22:12,354 Wanna pull her through for me? 901 01:22:12,431 --> 01:22:13,864 Crank her, Pete. 902 01:22:19,038 --> 01:22:21,063 Keep her nose down on the turns. 903 01:22:21,207 --> 01:22:23,107 She's only got 90 horsepower. 904 01:22:23,476 --> 01:22:24,738 Switch is off. 905 01:22:27,713 --> 01:22:29,442 - Contact. - Contact. 906 01:23:12,825 --> 01:23:13,814 Pete! 907 01:24:01,340 --> 01:24:03,308 Now just a danged minute, you! 908 01:24:09,215 --> 01:24:10,204 Hey! 909 01:24:11,250 --> 01:24:13,650 - You plumb gone nutty in the head? - How's that? 910 01:24:13,719 --> 01:24:16,415 - What are you trying to do? - I'm trying to get off the ground. 911 01:24:16,489 --> 01:24:19,185 Well, that's a real fancy takeoff technique you got! 912 01:24:19,258 --> 01:24:21,522 Well, the air's a little rough today. 913 01:24:23,462 --> 01:24:26,295 Yeah, regular storm conditions. 914 01:24:26,365 --> 01:24:28,492 Oh, don't worry. I'll get off this time. 915 01:24:28,567 --> 01:24:30,967 Say, son, where have you been flying? 916 01:24:31,037 --> 01:24:33,267 - Oh, around. - Around what? 917 01:24:33,339 --> 01:24:35,307 Around Lincoln Field, Nebraska. 918 01:24:35,374 --> 01:24:39,242 A very good flying instructor up there, he said I was his best student. 919 01:24:40,579 --> 01:24:42,376 I'd hate to see the rest of the class. 920 01:24:42,448 --> 01:24:45,417 Well, there wasn't any class. I was the only student. 921 01:24:45,951 --> 01:24:48,886 That instructor, did he ever solo you? 922 01:24:49,088 --> 01:24:52,114 No, not exactly. You see, he just has one airplane, 923 01:24:52,224 --> 01:24:55,523 and he's afraid I'd crack it up, so now I'm gonna solo myself. 924 01:24:55,594 --> 01:25:00,156 Look, son, here's your money back. You stick to riding that leaky motorcycle. 925 01:25:00,433 --> 01:25:02,458 It's closer to the ground, son. 926 01:25:02,535 --> 01:25:04,867 No, I bought the airplane, I'm gonna fly it. 927 01:25:04,937 --> 01:25:06,837 - No, no. - Don't worry. 928 01:25:07,039 --> 01:25:09,735 I'll practice a little more before heading west. 929 01:25:11,243 --> 01:25:13,507 You better practice in that direction. 930 01:25:13,813 --> 01:25:17,408 That's where the hospital is, and the undertaker! 931 01:25:46,779 --> 01:25:49,680 No wind. Not a breath of air on those lakes. 932 01:25:50,950 --> 01:25:53,418 What a strange wilderness. 933 01:25:54,553 --> 01:25:56,714 Bad country for a forced landing. 934 01:26:06,198 --> 01:26:07,324 6:00 p.m. 935 01:26:08,667 --> 01:26:10,464 Eleven hours from New York. 936 01:26:12,571 --> 01:26:14,539 A hundred miles from St. John's. 937 01:26:15,875 --> 01:26:17,570 Then the North Atlantic. 938 01:26:21,347 --> 01:26:24,316 Nungesser and Coli might have hit one of these peaks. 939 01:26:25,284 --> 01:26:28,151 And if they did they'll never be found, not down there. 940 01:26:31,323 --> 01:26:32,312 Fog. 941 01:26:33,559 --> 01:26:36,050 One hour from St. John's and fog! 942 01:26:38,197 --> 01:26:41,257 Well, maybe it's only a patch hanging to the mountains. 943 01:26:46,438 --> 01:26:47,803 This is no patch. 944 01:26:48,807 --> 01:26:51,799 This is the end of the flight if we can't find open sky. 945 01:26:51,877 --> 01:26:56,246 I can't start out across 1,900 miles of sea without a checkpoint for the compass. 946 01:26:56,448 --> 01:26:58,916 St. John's is the key bearing to Ireland. 947 01:27:03,689 --> 01:27:05,054 Almost 7:00. 948 01:27:06,325 --> 01:27:08,054 St. John's is down there. 949 01:27:08,527 --> 01:27:10,791 Not too far ahead, if we're on course. 950 01:27:11,630 --> 01:27:14,155 Now there might be a ceiling to this stuff. 951 01:27:14,767 --> 01:27:16,394 Take a chance and let down? 952 01:27:16,635 --> 01:27:19,900 That chart doesn't tell me how high the mountains are here. 953 01:27:20,139 --> 01:27:23,165 How deep can I go without wrapping us around a peak? 954 01:27:25,144 --> 01:27:27,237 Well, there's one way to find out. 955 01:28:10,122 --> 01:28:11,248 St. John's! 956 01:28:49,762 --> 01:28:51,923 Come on over here and look at this. 957 01:28:56,969 --> 01:28:58,903 Nineteen hundred miles to Ireland. 958 01:28:59,405 --> 01:29:01,498 No ships, no islands, all liquid. 959 01:29:02,541 --> 01:29:03,940 You sure you don't want to get off here, 960 01:29:04,176 --> 01:29:07,077 find yourself a nice garbage can down in St. John's? 961 01:29:12,551 --> 01:29:14,917 Well, I don't blame you. So long. 962 01:30:22,621 --> 01:30:26,318 Wind from the northwest, blowing about 30 miles an hour. 963 01:30:29,795 --> 01:30:32,821 I'll angle 10 degrees north to compensate for drift. 964 01:30:33,866 --> 01:30:37,267 This has got to be my last drift estimate until dawn. 965 01:30:48,847 --> 01:30:53,784 Oil pressure, 59 and steady. Fuel pressure, 3.5 and steady. 966 01:30:53,986 --> 01:30:58,446 Indicated air speed, 90 miles an hour. Altitude, 300 feet. 967 01:30:58,590 --> 01:31:02,219 Oh, you'd better get her up higher, much higher. Play it safe. 968 01:31:03,362 --> 01:31:07,059 If anything happened, you could cling to the sky a little longer. 969 01:31:07,599 --> 01:31:11,660 You could still turn around, nurse her back close to land before you ditch. 970 01:31:14,106 --> 01:31:15,471 If what happened? 971 01:31:17,242 --> 01:31:20,769 "Why, folks, this machine here is completely safe 972 01:31:20,846 --> 01:31:24,646 "and absolutely dependable. Thousands of flights without a mishap. " 973 01:31:24,950 --> 01:31:28,181 Wasn't that the spiel you had, barnstorming the old Jenny? 974 01:31:29,655 --> 01:31:32,556 All right, folks, who wants to be the first one up there? 975 01:31:32,858 --> 01:31:35,053 Who wants to defy gravity, folks? 976 01:31:35,194 --> 01:31:38,027 Who wants to see his farm like a bird sees it? 977 01:31:38,297 --> 01:31:41,630 Who wants to kiss his girl in the clouds? How about that? 978 01:31:41,900 --> 01:31:42,958 I tell you, folks, 979 01:31:43,035 --> 01:31:47,199 this machine here is absolutely safe and completely dependable. 980 01:31:47,272 --> 01:31:50,764 It's made thousands of flights without one single mishap! 981 01:31:50,843 --> 01:31:52,743 Who here is gonna be the first to go in it? 982 01:31:52,811 --> 01:31:55,644 Hey, dad! You, how about you? 983 01:31:55,714 --> 01:31:57,978 How about 10 long minutes for $5? 984 01:31:58,050 --> 01:32:00,143 No siree bob, not me. 985 01:32:00,219 --> 01:32:03,450 I ain't going up in no crazy windmill. 986 01:32:03,722 --> 01:32:05,383 I'll throw in a couple of loop-the-loops. 987 01:32:05,457 --> 01:32:09,450 Yeah, turn her upside down and dump me out. 988 01:32:09,828 --> 01:32:13,696 Impossible for you to fall out. The safety belt holds you in, dad. 989 01:32:14,066 --> 01:32:16,591 What if the safety belt busted? Then what? 990 01:32:16,902 --> 01:32:18,563 Then I'll give you my parachute, 991 01:32:18,637 --> 01:32:21,401 and it'll float you down like a great, big umbrella. 992 01:32:21,773 --> 01:32:26,233 Well, what if she didn't open up, the big umbrella? Then what? 993 01:32:26,311 --> 01:32:29,508 I'm glad you brought it up, dad, because if anything like that happens, 994 01:32:29,581 --> 01:32:31,572 you get double your money back! 995 01:33:20,866 --> 01:33:22,993 And we didn't always travel alone. 996 01:33:23,235 --> 01:33:26,830 Meet another gypsy in the sky. That's the way I met Bud Gurney. 997 01:33:27,839 --> 01:33:29,204 Give him a wave, 998 01:33:30,409 --> 01:33:32,001 invite him to dinner. 999 01:33:45,991 --> 01:33:48,482 Guy I know in Abilene, Texas, is making up a circus. 1000 01:33:48,560 --> 01:33:50,391 How about the two of us latching on? 1001 01:33:50,462 --> 01:33:52,396 - A circus? - Yeah, a flying circus. 1002 01:33:52,898 --> 01:33:56,356 He's looking for stunt pilots, wing walkers, parachute jumpers. 1003 01:33:56,568 --> 01:33:59,298 I've done some jumping. No wing walking, though. 1004 01:33:59,638 --> 01:34:00,935 I'll teach you. 1005 01:34:01,340 --> 01:34:04,605 He'll guarantee us about eight weeks of county fair dates. 1006 01:34:05,410 --> 01:34:07,241 Ought to be pretty good money. 1007 01:34:07,312 --> 01:34:09,109 I sure could use the money. 1008 01:34:09,314 --> 01:34:12,613 That Jenny of mine needs a new set of tires, valve job, too. 1009 01:34:15,253 --> 01:34:17,016 Boy, will my old man ever have a fit 1010 01:34:17,089 --> 01:34:20,115 when he finds out I've joined up with a flying circus. 1011 01:34:21,326 --> 01:34:22,918 He keeps telling me I'm a bum. 1012 01:34:29,067 --> 01:34:32,127 My old man's in the construction business in Wichita, Kansas. 1013 01:34:33,171 --> 01:34:35,901 He wants me to come home and go to work for him. 1014 01:34:36,675 --> 01:34:39,473 Says I come from respectable people, 1015 01:34:40,579 --> 01:34:42,740 that he runs a respectable business 1016 01:34:43,181 --> 01:34:45,172 and that his only son is a bum. 1017 01:34:46,485 --> 01:34:47,713 So I'm a bum. 1018 01:34:49,454 --> 01:34:52,048 You come from "respectable people"? 1019 01:34:52,858 --> 01:34:55,292 Oh, my father was a lawyer in Minnesota, 1020 01:34:56,061 --> 01:34:57,722 and then he was in Congress for 10 years. 1021 01:34:57,796 --> 01:34:59,161 Congressman, huh? 1022 01:34:59,731 --> 01:35:01,562 That's not for me. 1023 01:35:01,867 --> 01:35:03,994 - You can't do it from a plane. - No. 1024 01:35:06,338 --> 01:35:10,672 - My old man says flying is for the birds. - Is that what he said? 1025 01:35:12,244 --> 01:35:14,371 And that if God meant us to fly, 1026 01:35:14,579 --> 01:35:17,548 he would have made our bones as hollow as our heads. 1027 01:35:21,319 --> 01:35:23,253 Maybe there is something wrong with us. 1028 01:35:24,623 --> 01:35:25,851 Well, maybe. 1029 01:35:28,694 --> 01:35:29,820 What is it? 1030 01:35:31,463 --> 01:35:33,192 What makes us go up there? 1031 01:35:37,469 --> 01:35:38,458 Oh... 1032 01:35:42,874 --> 01:35:44,034 You tell me. 1033 01:37:23,375 --> 01:37:24,569 Sixteenth hour. 1034 01:37:25,377 --> 01:37:29,541 Seventeen hundred miles back into yesterday, back to New York. 1035 01:37:30,048 --> 01:37:33,449 Here there's nothing, nothing but the sound of the engine. 1036 01:37:34,519 --> 01:37:39,218 It's turning 1,625 revolutions a minute. 1037 01:37:41,059 --> 01:37:44,961 That's more than 800 explosions every minute in every cylinder. 1038 01:37:47,265 --> 01:37:49,563 How many explosions in nine cylinders? 1039 01:37:50,302 --> 01:37:53,294 That's 7,000 a minute. 1040 01:37:53,972 --> 01:37:56,236 That's almost half a million an hour. 1041 01:37:58,376 --> 01:38:00,571 There's 20 hours to go, 1042 01:38:02,247 --> 01:38:04,010 ten million explosions. 1043 01:38:05,083 --> 01:38:07,881 Ten million blasts of white-hot flame 1044 01:38:07,953 --> 01:38:10,683 against red-hot metal before I land. 1045 01:38:19,397 --> 01:38:21,695 How can an engine stand such torture? 1046 01:38:22,133 --> 01:38:23,862 What if a cylinder cracks, 1047 01:38:24,269 --> 01:38:26,499 a valve stuck, a bearing burned out? 1048 01:38:32,677 --> 01:38:37,171 I only have to make it through this night. 1049 01:38:38,316 --> 01:38:40,443 Tomorrow will take care of itself. 1050 01:38:42,320 --> 01:38:43,480 What's this? 1051 01:38:43,722 --> 01:38:45,917 It looks like a great big white ship. 1052 01:38:46,124 --> 01:38:47,682 A ship with sails. 1053 01:38:48,260 --> 01:38:51,559 Oh, it can't be. A windjammer in 1927? 1054 01:38:52,364 --> 01:38:54,161 It looks like a ghost ship. 1055 01:38:54,432 --> 01:38:55,797 It isn't, though. 1056 01:38:56,401 --> 01:38:57,527 It's there. 1057 01:38:58,103 --> 01:39:00,037 What... Oh, it's an iceberg! 1058 01:39:00,505 --> 01:39:02,405 Of course, that's what it is. 1059 01:39:02,874 --> 01:39:05,707 Why, I never thought of icebergs. I should have been looking for them 1060 01:39:05,777 --> 01:39:09,178 this close to the Arctic Circle. And look at the size of it! 1061 01:39:09,347 --> 01:39:11,338 It's almost big enough to land on. 1062 01:39:11,416 --> 01:39:14,908 Hey, that's an idea, icebergs for landing fields. 1063 01:39:15,487 --> 01:39:18,888 Why, if it was flat enough I could just slip her right down 1064 01:39:18,957 --> 01:39:21,187 and cut the engine 1065 01:39:21,559 --> 01:39:25,290 and stop and go to sleep. 1066 01:39:27,966 --> 01:39:29,593 How long's it been now? 1067 01:39:31,436 --> 01:39:32,960 Forty hours, I guess. 1068 01:39:35,507 --> 01:39:39,034 Well, we'd never pass inspection today, 1069 01:39:39,110 --> 01:39:40,600 not at Brooks Field. 1070 01:40:11,643 --> 01:40:15,306 Do you see anything on my nose, Bibbs? 1071 01:40:15,547 --> 01:40:16,536 Yes, sir. 1072 01:40:16,948 --> 01:40:19,712 - Any idea what it is? - Oil, sir. 1073 01:40:23,488 --> 01:40:26,514 Well, Bibbs, what are we going to do about it? 1074 01:40:28,560 --> 01:40:30,391 What do you suggest, Bibbs? 1075 01:40:30,729 --> 01:40:34,028 - I suggest you wipe your nose, sir. - You do, eh? 1076 01:40:35,100 --> 01:40:38,297 All right, you men, I'll give it to you again! 1077 01:40:38,903 --> 01:40:42,634 Some of you seem to think that these airplanes are garbage cans. 1078 01:40:48,046 --> 01:40:49,206 You don't take care of them! 1079 01:40:49,280 --> 01:40:52,272 Love them, scrub them, shine them, keep them in shape! 1080 01:40:52,350 --> 01:40:54,910 A dirty airplane makes for a sloppy pilot, 1081 01:40:55,020 --> 01:40:57,488 and I'm not gonna have any sloppy pilots 1082 01:40:57,655 --> 01:41:00,385 graduating from this here field! 1083 01:41:14,606 --> 01:41:15,664 You! 1084 01:41:16,041 --> 01:41:19,807 You can't set that thing down here. Don't you know what this field is? 1085 01:41:19,878 --> 01:41:24,008 - This is Brooks Field, isn't it, sir? - It's an army field! So get out of here! 1086 01:41:24,082 --> 01:41:26,744 - I'm assigned here as a flying cadet, sir. - Oh, no. 1087 01:41:26,818 --> 01:41:28,115 I'm sorry, sir. 1088 01:41:28,520 --> 01:41:29,851 How do you think I feel? 1089 01:41:29,921 --> 01:41:32,651 I took my exams at Chanute Field in Illinois, sir. 1090 01:41:39,330 --> 01:41:40,797 Brittle, isn't she? 1091 01:41:41,266 --> 01:41:43,666 These papers say you're assigned here. 1092 01:41:43,735 --> 01:41:48,365 Okay, but I will not tolerate that filthy crate of yours at this air field! 1093 01:41:48,440 --> 01:41:50,601 Oh, she's really a very fine little machine, sir. 1094 01:41:50,675 --> 01:41:52,643 She flies like a dream and never let me down. 1095 01:41:52,710 --> 01:41:54,735 She's filthy! Get her outta here! 1096 01:41:54,813 --> 01:41:58,408 All she needs is a coat of paint and a few bolts, honest. She's... 1097 01:42:00,685 --> 01:42:01,845 Get her out. 1098 01:42:02,087 --> 01:42:05,079 Push her, pull her, tow her, but get her outta here. 1099 01:42:05,156 --> 01:42:06,145 Yes, sir. 1100 01:42:08,193 --> 01:42:11,287 I beg your pardon, sir, but you have a little something on your nose. 1101 01:42:11,362 --> 01:42:14,092 That does it! That does it! 1102 01:42:15,033 --> 01:42:17,160 I am a patient man, 1103 01:42:17,302 --> 01:42:19,930 but I'll give you exactly 30 seconds 1104 01:42:20,004 --> 01:42:22,598 to get that filthy crate of yours out of here. 1105 01:42:47,899 --> 01:42:50,925 If you ever bring that mess of junk back to this field, 1106 01:42:52,036 --> 01:42:53,936 I'll shoot you personally! 1107 01:43:07,452 --> 01:43:09,010 Eighteenth hour. 1108 01:43:10,855 --> 01:43:13,289 I've been flying for 18 hours. 1109 01:43:54,732 --> 01:43:55,756 Ice! 1110 01:43:56,067 --> 01:43:58,558 The Spirit can't fly with ice on her wings! 1111 01:44:09,480 --> 01:44:11,311 How long have we been icing? 1112 01:44:11,449 --> 01:44:13,713 It's grabbing on fast, and it's too fast. 1113 01:44:14,219 --> 01:44:16,210 Why didn't I catch this sooner? 1114 01:44:21,626 --> 01:44:24,754 Come on, now climb outta this stuff before we get too heavy. 1115 01:44:56,894 --> 01:44:58,987 You're stalling. You're stalling! 1116 01:45:03,534 --> 01:45:05,195 Now turn around. Get out of here. 1117 01:45:05,270 --> 01:45:06,862 Get back to warmer air. 1118 01:45:36,634 --> 01:45:40,229 There it is, ice smothering the carburetor. Burn it out. 1119 01:45:40,538 --> 01:45:43,006 Backfire it out! Blast the guts out of it! 1120 01:46:01,926 --> 01:46:04,622 Well, I can't hold her anymore. We're going in. 1121 01:46:07,999 --> 01:46:12,800 Rubber raft, air pump, flares, tank of water. 1122 01:46:16,007 --> 01:46:17,372 Where's my knife? 1123 01:47:08,292 --> 01:47:11,352 All right, now. Now turn around. 1124 01:47:12,497 --> 01:47:13,964 Get back on course. 1125 01:47:20,605 --> 01:47:23,335 Something wrong with the earth inductor compass. 1126 01:47:23,474 --> 01:47:24,998 It must be frozen up. 1127 01:47:26,711 --> 01:47:27,700 Magnetic. 1128 01:47:28,479 --> 01:47:30,106 Magnetic's all haywire. 1129 01:47:30,381 --> 01:47:32,315 What's happened to everything? 1130 01:47:39,590 --> 01:47:41,717 All right, let's fly by the stars. 1131 01:47:45,963 --> 01:47:47,453 Find the Big Dipper. 1132 01:47:52,670 --> 01:47:55,230 The stars are there, somewhere. 1133 01:47:56,574 --> 01:47:58,303 They've always been there. 1134 01:47:59,043 --> 01:48:00,874 Climb up and hold onto them. 1135 01:48:02,213 --> 01:48:05,546 The tiny fire point above the Dipper, the Polaris. 1136 01:48:06,617 --> 01:48:09,677 The main star of the northern pole. Guide on that. 1137 01:48:10,855 --> 01:48:13,187 Over my shoulder and we go south. 1138 01:48:14,091 --> 01:48:16,787 Ride it above the left wing tip 1139 01:48:17,728 --> 01:48:20,060 and our direction will be east again. 1140 01:48:21,766 --> 01:48:24,929 When it's faded, I can aim at the dawn. 1141 01:48:43,254 --> 01:48:46,052 And the earth inductor compass is steady again. 1142 01:48:46,824 --> 01:48:49,190 It's working again, so is the magnetic. 1143 01:48:50,561 --> 01:48:53,587 And I'm flying east. 1144 01:48:55,867 --> 01:48:57,562 But what does that mean? 1145 01:48:58,503 --> 01:49:00,767 I'm flying east, what does that mean? 1146 01:49:01,239 --> 01:49:04,208 I wonder how far I wandered off course last night? 1147 01:49:07,812 --> 01:49:08,938 Where am I? 1148 01:49:13,084 --> 01:49:16,520 I've got to find land, some land, 1149 01:49:17,688 --> 01:49:21,488 somewhere, before my gas is gone. 1150 01:49:27,231 --> 01:49:29,028 Now get busy. Get to work. 1151 01:49:29,166 --> 01:49:32,067 The sleep's crawling out of its box again, now put it back. 1152 01:49:32,136 --> 01:49:33,262 Keep the lid on. 1153 01:49:33,337 --> 01:49:35,828 Force yourself to think. Now, let's see now, 1154 01:49:36,207 --> 01:49:39,574 how far might Europe be? 1155 01:49:40,845 --> 01:49:42,779 It's the 25th hour 1156 01:49:43,614 --> 01:49:45,343 and St. John's 1157 01:49:45,416 --> 01:49:48,943 was 11 and one quarter hours from New York. 1158 01:49:49,020 --> 01:49:53,354 Now, I'm 25 hours from New York. 1159 01:49:54,058 --> 01:49:58,392 So 11 from 25. 1160 01:50:00,298 --> 01:50:03,529 Twice 11 is 22, 1161 01:50:03,601 --> 01:50:06,832 then 11 and 14 make 25. 1162 01:50:07,672 --> 01:50:11,438 Now, what do I want with 25? What was I gonna use that for? 1163 01:50:12,143 --> 01:50:14,304 Oh, I'll have to start all over again. 1164 01:50:15,146 --> 01:50:16,272 Now... 1165 01:50:20,151 --> 01:50:21,778 Oh, in a minute or two. 1166 01:50:23,688 --> 01:50:25,485 After my mind's clear. 1167 01:50:28,259 --> 01:50:29,749 Let's see. 1168 01:50:31,495 --> 01:50:32,928 In the afternoon... 1169 01:50:34,999 --> 01:50:37,297 I'll figure it all out this afternoon. 1170 01:54:47,251 --> 01:54:48,616 That's a seagull! 1171 01:54:49,553 --> 01:54:51,544 There's another one there, but... 1172 01:54:51,622 --> 01:54:54,090 Well, here? We're hours from land. How could... 1173 01:54:54,625 --> 01:54:55,887 Ships, then. 1174 01:54:56,293 --> 01:54:57,555 Gulls follow ships. 1175 01:54:57,628 --> 01:54:59,721 And if they get... If I could get a... 1176 01:54:59,797 --> 01:55:01,958 Look, there's something ahead there. 1177 01:55:07,972 --> 01:55:09,667 Those are fishing boats! 1178 01:55:33,831 --> 01:55:35,890 Which way to Ireland? 1179 01:55:41,272 --> 01:55:43,297 Which way to Ireland? 1180 01:56:01,992 --> 01:56:04,517 Why, why didn't he answer? 1181 01:56:06,096 --> 01:56:07,825 He could hear me. I've... 1182 01:56:08,732 --> 01:56:12,224 I've made myself heard from airplanes before. 1183 01:56:14,972 --> 01:56:17,497 Maybe he's never seen an airplane before. 1184 01:56:18,876 --> 01:56:20,207 Maybe he doesn't speak English. 1185 01:56:20,277 --> 01:56:23,246 Well, I'm not anywhere near Ireland or anywhere. 1186 01:56:24,715 --> 01:56:26,273 I might not be any... 1187 01:56:27,117 --> 01:56:28,516 I'm too far south. 1188 01:57:26,944 --> 01:57:28,172 There's land! 1189 01:57:30,014 --> 01:57:31,140 It is land! 1190 01:57:32,950 --> 01:57:34,247 It is land! 1191 01:57:35,586 --> 01:57:37,611 That's no phantom. That's earth. 1192 01:57:37,988 --> 01:57:39,979 That's green, living earth. 1193 01:57:45,095 --> 01:57:46,790 That's... No, no, wait a minute. 1194 01:57:46,864 --> 01:57:49,731 Now just a... Wait a minute here. That's not possible. 1195 01:57:49,800 --> 01:57:51,631 It's only the 28th hour. 1196 01:57:54,371 --> 01:57:58,068 But a tail wind would account for my being early, but how could I... 1197 01:57:59,510 --> 01:58:01,034 I've been off course. 1198 01:58:08,752 --> 01:58:10,276 It's earth all right, 1199 01:58:10,854 --> 01:58:12,822 but what earth? Where? 1200 01:58:22,433 --> 01:58:23,661 Where am I? 1201 01:58:25,002 --> 01:58:27,596 I could be anywhere from Iceland to the coast of Africa. 1202 01:58:27,671 --> 01:58:30,572 It could be Spain or Portugal. 1203 01:58:42,586 --> 01:58:44,486 It could be Dingle Bay. 1204 01:58:48,125 --> 01:58:50,116 That point to the north there. 1205 01:58:51,795 --> 01:58:53,194 The shape's right. 1206 01:58:56,100 --> 01:58:58,898 Those islands off to the right there, 1207 01:59:00,037 --> 01:59:01,129 that fits. 1208 01:59:06,944 --> 01:59:08,434 That lines up right. 1209 01:59:12,382 --> 01:59:13,371 It is! 1210 01:59:15,686 --> 01:59:17,051 It's Dingle Bay! 1211 01:59:18,822 --> 01:59:20,050 It's Ireland! 1212 01:59:30,167 --> 01:59:33,136 Hey! 1213 01:59:35,572 --> 01:59:39,372 Hey! 1214 02:01:18,375 --> 02:01:21,833 That's Plymouth, that's the Pilgrims' town. 1215 02:01:23,914 --> 02:01:26,781 Why, I flew over Plymouth Rock right outside Boston. 1216 02:01:26,850 --> 02:01:28,215 When did I do that? 1217 02:01:28,952 --> 02:01:30,249 Why, yesterday. 1218 02:01:31,989 --> 02:01:36,983 Well! A hundred and eighteen miles across the channel to Cherbourg. 1219 02:01:38,962 --> 02:01:40,896 A hundred and eighteen miles. 1220 02:01:42,065 --> 02:01:46,024 Well, what's a little channel? I've just flown across the Atlantic Ocean. 1221 02:01:49,539 --> 02:01:51,666 I'll add a little more power here. 1222 02:01:59,182 --> 02:02:00,911 Now let's have some lunch. 1223 02:02:18,035 --> 02:02:19,400 Frank Mahoney. 1224 02:03:21,932 --> 02:03:23,297 Coast of France. 1225 02:03:23,533 --> 02:03:24,932 There's Cherbourg. 1226 02:03:25,035 --> 02:03:28,937 Now, turn northeast along the coast, find the mouth of the Seine River. 1227 02:03:53,196 --> 02:03:54,254 There it is. 1228 02:03:54,331 --> 02:03:57,095 All right, I'll fly right up the river to Paris. 1229 02:03:57,667 --> 02:04:00,830 It's 98 miles, one more hour. 1230 02:04:01,405 --> 02:04:04,272 No, no, make it 58 minutes, 58 minutes. 1231 02:04:07,644 --> 02:04:10,010 Better wash my face, clean up a little. 1232 02:04:22,993 --> 02:04:26,793 Now just hold on for one more hour, yeah, one more hour. 1233 02:05:05,135 --> 02:05:06,625 Well, no, no, no, that's the wrong tank! 1234 02:05:06,703 --> 02:05:08,728 Switch to one with some gas in it! 1235 02:06:19,676 --> 02:06:20,836 There it is. 1236 02:06:22,112 --> 02:06:23,272 There it is! 1237 02:07:21,371 --> 02:07:22,463 Le Bourget. 1238 02:07:23,273 --> 02:07:24,865 Now where's Le Bourget? 1239 02:07:24,941 --> 02:07:28,536 I'm right in the heart of the city. It should be to the northeast. 1240 02:07:28,612 --> 02:07:30,136 Better check the map. 1241 02:07:42,826 --> 02:07:44,453 What's happening to me? 1242 02:07:45,862 --> 02:07:48,695 What's happening to me? My eyes, I can hardly see. 1243 02:07:58,208 --> 02:08:00,608 I've been flying this airplane for over 33 hours. 1244 02:08:00,677 --> 02:08:04,773 I haven't slept for three days. No, I can't let it catch up to me now. 1245 02:08:06,316 --> 02:08:09,547 There, that must be Le Bourget, must be. 1246 02:08:10,420 --> 02:08:12,149 What are all those lights? 1247 02:08:17,227 --> 02:08:18,717 I've got to be sure. 1248 02:08:19,796 --> 02:08:21,889 Well, there's only one way to find out. 1249 02:08:21,965 --> 02:08:24,433 I'll drop down. Now, careful, now. Careful. 1250 02:08:33,910 --> 02:08:35,343 I'm as low as I dare go. 1251 02:08:35,412 --> 02:08:36,902 Those lights, what are... 1252 02:08:36,980 --> 02:08:40,245 What are all these lights? Is it a carnival or a circus? 1253 02:08:41,685 --> 02:08:43,414 What are all these lights? 1254 02:09:24,294 --> 02:09:26,057 I'd better come in over the hangars. 1255 02:09:26,129 --> 02:09:27,721 Stop her short of the lights 1256 02:09:27,797 --> 02:09:30,857 and don't roll into the dark there. You don't know what's there. 1257 02:09:30,934 --> 02:09:32,333 Now quarter turn. 1258 02:09:32,502 --> 02:09:34,026 Quarter. Make the approach. 1259 02:09:34,104 --> 02:09:35,935 Pull a turn. Not yet. 1260 02:09:36,306 --> 02:09:37,830 Hold it now, hold it. 1261 02:09:38,108 --> 02:09:40,338 No, now you're in line. Now throttle back. 1262 02:09:40,410 --> 02:09:42,674 Don't stall it! Now don't... What's the matter? 1263 02:09:42,746 --> 02:09:44,737 What's the matter, have you forgotten how to land a plane? 1264 02:09:44,814 --> 02:09:47,977 You've got... I've got no feel. I can't feel the airplane. 1265 02:09:48,051 --> 02:09:49,712 What... No, you're diving. 1266 02:09:49,786 --> 02:09:53,278 You're diving. Pull upward, pull up. Gun it. Gun it. Now straighten out. 1267 02:09:53,356 --> 02:09:57,759 Straighten, you're too high. You're too fast. Slip it. Slip it. 1268 02:09:58,194 --> 02:10:00,128 More. More. Kick right rudder. 1269 02:10:00,296 --> 02:10:02,787 Kick, I'm... I'm going in. 1270 02:10:02,966 --> 02:10:04,695 I'm going to tear this up. 1271 02:10:04,934 --> 02:10:05,923 I'm... 1272 02:10:12,041 --> 02:10:14,305 What was your landing prayer, Father Hussman? 1273 02:10:14,377 --> 02:10:16,072 What, what did you say? 1274 02:10:18,748 --> 02:10:20,113 Oh, God, help me. 1275 02:11:24,080 --> 02:11:25,707 Lindbergh! 1276 02:11:25,915 --> 02:11:27,439 Lindbergh! 1277 02:11:49,706 --> 02:11:51,469 Lindbergh! Lindbergh! 1278 02:12:01,751 --> 02:12:03,343 Lindbergh! Lindbergh! 1279 02:12:46,996 --> 02:12:49,362 - They're tearing up my airplane! - Non, non, non. 1280 02:12:49,432 --> 02:12:51,525 - This way. - They are taking it to the hangar. 1281 02:13:53,730 --> 02:13:54,856 Lindbergh! 1282 02:13:55,465 --> 02:13:56,523 Lindbergh! 1283 02:13:57,300 --> 02:13:58,995 Lindbergh! 1284 02:13:59,635 --> 02:14:00,727 Lindbergh! 1285 02:14:01,938 --> 02:14:03,030 Lindbergh! 1286 02:14:03,806 --> 02:14:05,000 Lindbergh! 1287 02:14:22,492 --> 02:14:25,325 There were 200,000 people there that night 1288 02:14:25,862 --> 02:14:29,923 and when we came back home, there were four million people waiting. 1289 02:15:04,467 --> 02:15:05,456 English