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1957 DENMARK/JAPAN: COPENHAGEN-TOKYO: FLIGHT ROUTE TO BECOME FIRST REGULAR OVER NORTH POLE
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1:06Now PlayingDate: 28th February 1957
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
AERIAL VIEWS Of the North Pole
AEROPLANES Scandinavian Copenhagen to Tokyo in 3 hours. Plane flying thru sky Prps wirring...flies over the north pole
AIR ACHIEVMENTS (starting Feb '57) Copenhagen to Tokyo - Trans polar flight route. Scandinavian Air Line crew go aboard. Globe with route of plane marked on it. VG shot of props wirring with mountainous scenery below. Eskimo child looks up at plane. The sky..dark clouds. Ice bound weather ship. Compass affected by noth pole.. plane flying thru sky..Tokyo airport.Now, the route asves 23hrs over the S.EAST Asia route. It can now be reached in 30hrs over NPole.
ESKIMOS Child looks up at plane flying on the trans polar route to Tokyo from Copenhagen
NORTH POLE Copenhagen to Tokyo trans polar route. Plane flies over the....and the compass of the plane is distracted.
TOKYO. Tokyo Airport at Dusk..plane coming in
Aviation; Denmark; Japan
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