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Mysteries in the Archives: 1927 Lindbergh's Atlantic Crossing
200726 min 28 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Serge Viallet
Production: Florence Fanelli
Co-produced by ARTE France and Institut national de l'audiovisuel with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie, in association with YLE Teema - Ritva Leino and RTSI-Televisione Svizzera, and with the participation of the National Film Board of Canada.
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Dawn on Friday May 20, 1927. A small airplane takes off from a Long Island field – the plane so overburdened with fuel that it flies, at best, with difficulty. The night owls are out to applaud the take off before going home to bed.
In several days, the young timid pilot, Charles Lindbergh, is a hero. He had crossed the Atlantic in 33 hours and 30 minutes without stopping to refuel. New York to Paris, non-stop. A veritable exploit. But was it enough to justify the craze that overtook newsreel companies, captains of industry and finance in France, Belgium and England? Everyone fought for the attention of the young, smiling Charles Lindbergh.
Day after day, his adventure takes over the media and press. Soon, his image is seen everywhere. Why such fever? Why such passion for Lindbergh? What does the footage shot during his stay reveal?
Subject categories
- Transportation > Aeronautics and AerospaceAircraft and Aviation
- History > Historical PerpectivesWorld History
Credits
- idea
- Serge Viallet
- Cédric Lépée
- series director
- Serge Viallet
- director
- Serge Viallet
- editor
- Alexandre Auque
- assistant editor
- Vanessa Bozza
- graphic design
- Stéphanie Mée
- Jean-Michel Moussu
- musical illustration
- Niels Poux
- credit sequence design
- Philippe Truffault
- credit sequence production
- Philippe Truffault
- credit sequence editor
- François Labat
- translator
- Dana Burns Westberg
- narrator
- Dana Burns Westberg
- sound design
- Guillaume Solignat
- Benoît Ménager
- Laurent Thomas
- Jean-François Gasnier
- mix
- Guillaume Solignat
- Benoît Ménager
- Laurent Thomas
- Jean-François Gasnier
- colour correction
- Rémi Berge
- administrator
- Yasmine Boucherat
- production manager
- Michèle Léveillé
- Thierry Ippolito
- production assistant
- Chantal Lesieur
- Vincent Encontre
- Armelle Jayet
- commissioning editor
- Elisabeth Hulten
- producer
- Florence Fanelli