TRANSPORT: Aviation: French aircraft departs for Trans Atlantic flight as US plane crashes (1929)
GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit French aircraft Yellow Bird departs for TransAtlantic flight as US plane Green Flash crashes. Full Description: USA: Maine: Old Orchard EXT Yellow Bird aircraft being pulled along by tractor SLATE INFORMATION Before the great adventure Lotti, Yancey, Lefevre, Assolant and Williams friendly rivals as the zero hour arrives French aviators Jean Assolant, Ren Lefevre and Armeno Lotti the crew of Yellow Bird posing with American aviators Roger Q. Williams and Lewis E. Yancey SLATE INFORMATION Cranking up the huge French plane Propellor of Yellow Bird being turned SLATE INFORMATION The Yellow Bird takes the Lindbergh trail to the east Yellow Bird taking off as crowd watches SLATE INFORMATION But the Yankee plane, heavily loaded, comes to grief before rising Green Flash aircraft cr
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