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Amelia Earhart's damaged airplane repaired in Burbank, CA; x-rays are used

Title card, "X-Ray Camera Tests Amelia Earhart Plane" / Title, "Burbank, Calif" superimposed on Earhart and Lockheed engineer [probably] Tom Triplett while her formerly wrecked Lockheed Electra 10-E Special is being repaired // (horizontal wipe / Earhart's plane takes off, possibly 5/17/1937 from Oakland / Earhart plane in air // (vertical wipe) Earhart's crashed plane at Honolulu's Luke field, 5/20/1937, and a group of people looking at the wreckage // (diagonal wipe) back in Burbank, Earhart and others examine the fuselage of the plane with an x-ray machine / CUs of the x-ray prints showing fractures and cracks in the plane; a pointer indicates a black spot, an engine casting defect; in another print, the pointer indicates a small fracture / SOT Earhart comments on the success of the repairs and says she hopes to fly again in the latter part of May / Note: exact day not known
Title card, "X-Ray Camera Tests Amelia Earhart Plane" / Title, "Burbank, Calif" superimposed on Earhart and Lockheed engineer [probably] Tom Triplett while her formerly wrecked Lockheed Electra 10-E Special is being repaired // (horizontal wipe / Earhart's plane takes off, possibly 5/17/1937 from Oakland / Earhart plane in air // (vertical wipe) Earhart's crashed plane at Honolulu's Luke field, 5/20/1937, and a group of people looking at the wreckage // (diagonal wipe) back in Burbank, Earhart and others examine the fuselage of the plane with an x-ray machine / CUs of the x-ray prints showing fractures and cracks in the plane; a pointer indicates a black spot, an engine casting defect; in another print, the pointer indicates a small fracture / SOT Earhart comments on the success of the repairs and says she hopes to fly again in the latter part of May / Note: exact day not known
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DETAILS

Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
2162138540
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
May 01, 1937
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:13:08
Location:
Burbank, California, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr006232_04_01