Russian Flyers Arrive In New York (1939)

Full titles read: “CANADA“ L/S’s of a downed Russian aircraft on a Canadian island. The two pilots General Kokkiinaki and Major Gordienko had been attempting to beat the long distance record for flight but failed by seven hundred miles. L/S’s of the two pilots arriving by commercial airline in New York in the United States of America. 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 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.