Atlantic Flight (1937)
Channel: Time Capsule Project
Date: 2017-12-02

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Description: In 1937, actual airplane pilot Dick Merrill become famous for being the first pilot to make a commercial transatlantic roundtrip flight. Momogram Pictures, capitalizing on Merrill's celebrity status, quickly created the fictional film ATLANTIC FLIGHT where Merrill plays himself as a pilot crossing the Atlantic with a medical serum that can save his friend's life. The film used real footage from Merrill's own stormy Atlantic crossing.

Credit: William Berke 1937 - This content is licensed under Creative Commons. Please visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for more information about the license(s).