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Close-up view of Tupolev ANT-25 aircraft flown from Moscow to San Jacinto, CA, breaking the world record for long-distance flight. July 14, 1937

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Title: Close-up view of Tupolev ANT-25 aircraft flown from Moscow to San Jacinto, CA, breaking the world record for long-distance flight. July 14, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: July 14, 1937
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Close-up of the exterior of 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.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: 15080
uclamss_1387_15080-13
ark:/21198/zz0027xkf1
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: World records--California--San Jacinto
Aeronautics--California--San Jacinto
Transportation
Airplanes--Russian--California--San Jacinto
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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