Lindberghs Flight to Paris

Product Description Design a plane, build it, then fly it alone non-stop for 3,610 miles through storms and fog and across a violent ocean with no chance for survival should the engine fail. This flight became the single biggest public adulation ever bestowed on an individual. "Lindbergh's Flight to Paris" shows the audience what Lindbergh saw as he made his way from San Diego across the USA, the Atlantic Ocean, Ireland, England and France. All the descriptions are Lindbergh's own words. An exciting and informative film of the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris on May 20, 1927. The film covers nearly all key locations of this journey. Highlights of this amazing journey are the cities and towns of: SAN DIEGO, KANSAS CITY, NEW YORK CITY, ST. MARY'S BAY, CAPE BRETON, ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL, LAND'S END, CHERBOURG, ST. MERE EGLISE, ARROMANCHES, PARIS, WASHINGTON DC, the LE BOURGET AIRFIELD, and MUCH MORE... EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: See the replica "SPIRIT" take off and fly. Hear the pilor, Captain Roger Baker, tell what it's like to actually fly the "SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS" as he returns to the Aerospace museum hanger at Gillespie Field from the 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of Lindbergh field in San Diego Review Bravo! A Superb job! --Charles Scribner III, Charles Scribner's Sons ...a wonderfully entertaining film. --Georgia Borthwick, Secretary to B.F. Mahoney at the Ryan Aircraft Corporation in 1927 Something we have never seen before. Outstanding! --EV Cassagneres, Author of "The Spirit of Ryan" About the Director Robin D. Williams' film programs have been entertaining audiences in the United States and Canada since 1967 and he has been a regular on the National Geographic Society s Film Lecture Series since 1972. He is noted for his effervescent stage presence and clarity of voice. Robin has sailed the English Channel and the French Canal System, traced The Roman Empire throughout the Mediterranean Sea on a converted Scottish trawler, tracked St.Paul s Journeys through Asia, followed Christopher Columbus from Genoa to the New World, skillfully recreated Mozart s trip through Italy, replicated Lindbergh s flight to Paris, retraced Lewis & Clark from their boyhood homes in Virginia to the mouth of the Columbia River, and methodically searched throughout Turkey and unveiled dozens of Biblical Treasures. A boundless fascination for ancient and modern history and its characters has moved Robin to produce his feature documentaries.