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SCOOPING the NEWS REELS
How an Amateur Secured the Only Films of Henry Ford's First Flight
,— By Mrs. James W. Hughes
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At the very most I hoped to catch a glimpse of the Spirit of St. Louis in its hangar, where it was resting during this triumphal visit of Colonel
Their arrival was the signal for the exciting drama of the day. A fleet of motors drew up and from them stepped Colonel Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and a party of friends. Seemingly from nowhere a large and excited crowd gathered immediately, although the events
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Photographs Courtesy of the Detroit News.
7\/fUCH has been written of the J 'J possibilities for news gathering on film by the thousands of amateur cameramen now scattered in every corner of. the world. This dramatic story relates a genuine incident of such news gathering by an amateur who happened to be on the spot when a nationally significant event took place unannounced and unknoivn to the professional news reel men. The day may not be far distant when co-operation betiveen the great army of amateurs and the newsreels may enrich the film-news of the world.
NO one in Detroit knew that Henry Ford had decided to essay his first aeroplane flight as the guest of Colonel Charles Lindbergh on a recent sunny morning, which is now historical because of that unheralded event. Nor had I been taken into the confidence of these two famous men. But there was some indescribable urge in the air which drew me to the Ford Airport at Dearborn with my cine camera.
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COLONEL CHARLES LINDBERGH
Lindbergh to the city of his birth. If luck should be with me I hoped to even get a few feet of film of this storied airship. In this, to my delight, I succeeded far beyond my expectations. Upon my arrival I had no difficulty in approaching the airliner. It was being overhauled by the mechanics and guards were watching over the plane, but they made no objection to my filming, and the camera was at once set to clicking.
Nearby stood one of the little "flivver" planes which the Fords are sponsoring. It looked so tiny beside the big trans-Atlantic ship that I added a few feet of it, to provide contrast when I should edit my film. Outside the hangar I heard the roar of approaching planes, and hurrying out I was just in time to film three large United States Army planes swooping to earth before the hangar.
which were to follow in such rapid succession had been unannounced. The news spread like wildfire that Colonel Lindbergh had invited Mr. Ford to make his first aeroplane flight with him in the famed Spirit of St. Louis. That Mr. Ford had never flown before, although one of the most enthusiastic friends of commercial aviation, was also news to most of us. We were thrilled with the thought that he would also be the first passenger to be carried in this most famous of all aeroplanes.
But first there was to be an exciting preliminary to the main flight of the day. The Baby Ford Plane was wheeled from the hangar and Mr.