TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR TRANSPORT INC. PROMO FILM “ COAST TO COAST IN 48 HOURS “ NEW YORK TO LA 25494

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Made by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Transcontinental Air Transport Inc., this 1929 black & white educational/promotional film shows “modern“ travel from New York, New York to Los Angeles, CA in the breathtaking, hell for leather time of 48 hours. The film features Ford Trimotors and includes appearances by some of the famous aviators of the era Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, who help assure potential passengers about how safe and comfortable flying can be. The company behind this film, Transcontinental Air Transport (known widely by it initials T-A-T) was founded in 1928 by Clement Melville Keys. In 1930 it merged with Western Air Express to form what later became TWA, or Trans World Airlines. Keys enlisted the help of Charles Lindbergh to design the company’s transcontinental network to get government airmail contrac