Aeroplane “America“ and crew prepare and take off for trans-Atlantic flight to France (1927)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Commander Richard Byrd (1st man to fly over the north pole), Bert Acosta (pilot), Lieut.? Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: International Newsreel USA: New York: Long Island: East Garden City: Roosevelt Field: EXT Bertrand Blanchard Acosta, Bad Boy of the Air, Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Leiutenant Commander George O. Noville, first experimental USPS mail transport “America“, 1st quartette to attempt trans-Atlantic flight, first trans-atlantic air mail pilot, Charles Lindbergh, Clarence Chamberlin, air views, aerials, air shots Background: Commander Richard Byrd (1st man to fly over the north pole), Bert Acosta (pilot), Lieut. George Noville (aviation technical advisor), and Lieut. Bernt Balchen (pilot, navigator, mechanic) getting ready to take off to France from the USA in an attempt to break and make new av