Aviation Vacation (1941)

Honky Kong

3 months ago

Transcript

00:00Attention, attention,

00:29and plane number four, now leaving California on world tour.

00:33Passengers, please board ship immediately.

00:35Attention, pilot.

00:37Ceiling 5,000 feet.

00:39Weather clear.

00:40Track fast.

00:46And we're off.

00:56Ah, sunny California,

00:58where the sun is always shining.

01:16Our pilot, when not flying by instruments,

01:19oftentimes follows the route of a well-known railroad.

01:22Our last stop before leaving the United States

01:35is the Mount Rushmore Memorial.

01:37Here on its steep sides

01:38are the faces of famous Americans.

01:41Washington.

01:42Washington.

01:42Jefferson.

01:51Denny Roosevelt.

01:58Lincoln.

01:59and

02:10night

02:17finally overtakes us

02:19ah what a beautiful night

02:29the

02:36morning

02:37we pass our sister ship returning from the area

02:59our first stop is the emerald island

03:06let's listen to this quaint old irish ballad dear to the hearts of every true irishman

03:16take it patrick

03:23when irish eyes are smiling

03:27sure it's like a morning spring

03:32in the lilt of irish laughter

03:37you can hear the angels sing

03:43when irish hearts are happy

03:48all the world seems bright and gay

03:53and when irish eyes are smiling

04:03hey you up there

04:05get that hair out of here

04:10sure they steal your heart away

04:24and now we're approaching the interior of darkest africa

04:31the primitive beat of the tom-toms to send messages from one tribe to another is still used by the natives

05:01of this savage tribe

05:02use blowguns as weapons

05:03they can shoot poison darts a great distance with deadly accuracy

05:08watch

05:10terrible shot joe

05:15ostriches when frightened bury their heads in the sand to hide themselves

05:22hey where is everybody

05:29hey where is everybody

05:37interesting to behold is the evolution of the tropical butterfly

05:52let's watch this curious transformation

05:59as from this lowly insignificant little cocoon

06:03emerges a full grown butterfly

06:05vividly marked with all the gorgeous colors of the rainbow

06:09say

06:19what in the world happened to you

06:22well i've been sick

06:24and so with heavy hearts

06:29we bid a reluctant farewell to these foreign lands of enchantment beauty and mystery

06:36as we head homeward to the good old usa

06:39as we near new york on the return trip

06:54we encounter a heavy fog which makes visibility poor and landing difficult

07:00wait a minute

07:01a radio message from the airport

07:03attention plane number four

07:04attention plane number four

07:06circle of field before coming in

07:08circle of field before coming in

07:16a home at last

07:18the fog is lifting

07:20is

07:27is

07:30l

07:32that

07:34we

07:36we

07:38we

07:40we

07:43we

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended