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Fly American! 1933

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 1:05 am
by GAHorn

Re: Fly American! 1933

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:19 pm
by edbooth
Wow, maybe I'll try that air travel sometime .

Re: Fly American! 1933

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:51 pm
by GAHorn
The narration is also 1933....."You'll like to stop at Memphis where you can listen to darkies loading cotton on the docks and humming "Ole Man River"......

Re: Fly American! 1933

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:04 am
by ghostflyer
In this day of political correctness,I thought it would be censored out , or the clip totally removed .

Re: Fly American! 1933

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 4:03 pm
by GAHorn
ghostflyer wrote:In this day of political correctness,I thought it would be censored out , or the clip totally removed .
Historical-accuracy..?? or Historical-revision...?? What's your pleasure? Since it's not a modern view of air travel but a historical view of air-tavel-advertising, I view it as educational, but only historical if it's held to accuracy.... and do not view it as a statement of modern values, so I am not offended. I don't know how I'd feel if it were my grandfather loading the cotton. (Probably begrudgingly.)

Re: Fly American! 1933

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 5:49 pm
by Bruce Fenstermacher
I almost fell off my chair when I heard what I thought I heard. I rewound it and listened again. Decided it probably was not what I heard and watched on.

Re: Fly American! 1933

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:54 pm
by DaveF
Bruce Fenstermacher wrote:I almost fell off my chair when I heard what I thought I heard. I rewound it and listened again. Decided it probably was not what I heard and watched on.
I think I said "What??" right out loud when I heard that.