Camera secrets of Hollywood : simplified photography for the home picture maker (1931)

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propeller stopped whirring — and I commenced my story. 1 didn't speak in either French or German but rather in a tongue that might be termed European. As near as I can recall, this is what 1 told him, as 1 kept my eyes glued on that idling propeller. "Oui! Qui! Sehr Kalt pellicule alius gone — -for the love of Mike, gie hime damn pronto — Oui! Oui!" It was necessary to yell this four times before he understood it all and in the meantime we had dropped seven thousand feet. But we still had some good air under us and thirty minutes later we landed safely on the Montana field after seeing the tops of more mountains in three hours than we ever thought grew outdoors. Many splendid mountain flights have been accomplished since we flew over the Alps in 1920, but I firmly believe that our flight holds the record for being the poorest planned expedition that ever successfully trod the upper air. But it's a wonderful feeling to know that the picture is in the box. 1)9