France Captures Long Distance Air Record From Great Britain! (1933)

Full title reads: “France captures long-distance air record from Gt. Britain. Airmen Codas [sic] and Rossi fly from New York to Syria 5,600 miles in 54 hours!“ Le Bourget Airport, Paris France. Aviators Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi stand with others outside aircraft hanger before their flight. Various shots of two women (wives of the pilots) waiting on ground. Same shot of Codos and Rossi. Shot of the plane flying overhead. More shots of the pilots’ wives. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1
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