Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A crowd gathers to view the Tupolev ANT-25 flown by Mikhail Gromov, Andrei Yumashev, and Sergei Danilin from Moscow to a field outside San Jacinto, CA. The non-stop flight covered 6700 miles in 62 hours and 12 minutes, smashing the previous record for longest non-stop flight. July 14, 1937. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Candid Camera shots of Russian Flyers - 15 films - 30 shots.
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b&w nitrate negative
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15080 uclamss_1387_15080-01 ark:/21198/zz0027xk1t
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Crowds--California--San Jacinto World records--California--San Jacinto Aeronautics--California--San Jacinto Events Transportation Entertainment
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