Mystères d'archives DVD covers.
TV series (2009)
German title: Verschollene Filmschätze
English title : Archive Mysteries
Based on then "news" footage, each episode is a recall of an event, mainly how it has been reported and sometimes which could be its origins or its consequences. But always through the camera ...
Episode 1[]
1927. Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Alcock and Brown are the very first to cross the Atlantic in 1919; here they are handling a model of a unspecified aircraft.
Vikers F.B.27A Vimy II[]
Vickers Vimy of Alcock and Brown hardly landed in irish marsh.
Morane-Saulnier AI Master[]
Charles Nungesser and one of his private aircraft.
F-NUNG, Morane-Saulnier A-I Master, C/N: 01.
Breguet 14[]
François Coli who was the navigator of Charles Nungesser in their unsuccessfull trial to cross the Atlantic ocean, few days before Lindbergh's one.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
A wartime footage in front of a Breguet XIV.
Dewoitine D.1 Ter[]
Reg. F-AHAZ Dewoitine D.1 Ter c/n 111.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Lioré et Olivier LeO 21 & Farman F.60 Goliath[]
Seen at the first rank at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget in 1926 or 1927, both are are used by Air Union.
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis[]
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis", reg. N-X-211.
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis", reg. N-X-211.
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis", reg. N-X-211.
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis", reg. N-X-211.
Farman F120 Jabiru[]
Just before taking off for Brussel, the Ryan is rolled out from the hangar where it spent the night alongside with a Farman F120 at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Right wing and right engine of a Farman F120 Jabiru.
Curtiss JN Jenny[]
One Jenny used by Phil Jersey Ringel in 1921.
This one is own by california barnstormer Earl S. Daugherty. Note the cameraman in front of the tail.
Episode 2[]
1944. De Gaulle in Free Paris.
Only in the far background, a light observation plane overflies the Arc de Triomphe ceremony. Due to the condition of light, it's just a shadow invisible on the screenshot.
On that day, it could be a light observation plane of the US Army or a Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (as two of them have been captured by French Underground and wearing two 'P' miroring letters (for 'Prefecture de Police')).
Episode 5[]
1963. Funeral of J. F. Kennedy.
Boeing VC-137C Air Force One[]
Same aircraft seen in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
SAM 26000, Boeing VC-137C Air Force One
SAM 26000, Boeing VC-137C Air Force One
Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King[]
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker[]
Episode 6[]
1946. Nuclear trials at Bikini.
Look Mysteres d'archives: 1946, Essais Atomiques a Bikini for the numerous planes seen in this episode.
Episode 7[]
1937. Crash du Hindenburg.
Look the former page at Mysteres d'archives: 1937 crash du Hindenburg to discover the eight types of aircraft or dirigible seen in this episode.
Episode 8[]
1954. Marilyn Monroe in Korea.
Bell OH-13 Sioux[]
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser[]
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser of PAA-Pan American World Airways.
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser of PAA-Pan American World Airways.
Sikorsky H-19C[]
Sikorsky H-19C, 51-14246.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain[]
Douglas C-54A Skymaster[]
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Episode 9[]
1955. Drama at Le Mans.
Bristol 170 Mk 21 Freighter[]
Four days before the race, a racing car enthusiast is the witness (through his camera) of the unloading of the Jaguar team.
Bristol 170 Mk 21 of Silver City Airways.
Bristol 170 Mk 21 of Silver City Airways.
Bristol 170 Mk 21 of Silver City Airways.
Bristol 170 Mk 21 of Silver City Airways.
Bristol 170 Mk 21 of Silver City Airways.
Bristol 170 Mk 21 of Silver City Airways.
Episode 10[]
1969. Live from the Moon.
General Dynamics/Convair SM-65 Atlas[]
Boeing-Douglas-North American Saturn V Apollo 11[]
Same rocket in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Capsules).
Mittlewerk EWM A4 Vergeltungswaffe V-2[]
Grumman Lunar Module[]
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Capsules).
Sputnik[]
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