Britain’s ’lindy’ Aka Jim Mollison Atlantic Flight (1932)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. 1932 Full title reads: “America. Britain’s “Lindy“ - and aren’t we all proud of Jim Mollison and his wonderful ’all-British’ Atlantic flight. United States of America (USA). Monoplane - The Heart’s Content - flies in over Roosevelt field. The pilot, James Mollison, is performing a manoeuvre called ’fish tailing’ - throwing the plane from side to side, as he comes in to land after his record flight - westward across the Atlantic. Crowds of people are gathered to watch. The plane taxis across the airfield. A cameraman is standing on the roof of a car. A lorry is following the plane with a public address system on . The announcer is calling on the crowd to cheer for Captain Mollison. Mollison gets out of his plane into a crowd of people. The Aviator speaks to the crowd through a microphone. He says that he has admired America for a long time. He talks about his first sight of land at the end of his long flight. He says that