https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/4f38e2a2-ba5b-4a60-b663-b67f7acf63fc Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join This film "Wings Around the Continent" is an amateur made travelogue showing an epic flight to Mexico and the Western USA made by Paul-Gwen Zimmerman in a Piper Navajo airplane. We don't know much about this pilot, although it is likely this is Gwen Zimmerman, a former resident of Muncie, Indiana and a graduate of Ball State University who became chairwoman of the Suncoast 99's. The film is presented with its original soundtrack, which includes narration from Zimmerman. 00:10 Title 00:52 Paul-Gwen Zimmerman checks oil on plane at Muncie, Indiana. 01:18 She examines propellers and does ground check 1:49 Propellers gain speed. 02:08 Plane on tarmac. 02:17 Plane glides through air. 02:47 Commercial jet speeds down runway for takeoff. Shot pans across tarmac to female pilot walking by smaller plane. 03:06 Female pilot looks out from cockpit. 03:13 Aerial shot of landscape. 03:23 POV from cockpit: Approach landing strip “36”. 03:31 Pilot exits cockpit and circles plane while man begins pumping fuel into tank. 03:47 A Texaco fuel truck at “Central Aero Service” building. 03:53 Pilot examines papers in front of sign: "Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Flight Service Station". 03:59 Shot of clouds. 04:28 Pan of waterside city skyline. 04:40 Pan down Marriott building. 04:52 Montage: Shots around city. 05:24 Car drives down road past national flags. 05:30 Exterior brick building with door labeled, “Federal Inspection Service”. 05:39 Inside plane cockpit over landscape. 06:02 POV airplane landing. 06:21 Woman and man talk on landing strip. 06:31 Planes at airport. 06:44 N5101S plane. 07:08 Church in plaza. 07:30 Hotel courtyard and pool. 07:49 POV: train on tracks in desolate landscape. 08:16 Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Roman Catholic church in Villa de Guadalupe. 08:53 Montage: Mexico City. 09:30 Woman feeds donkey. 09:50 Walk among Aztec ruins along the Avenue of the Dead, the main street of the ancient city Teotihuacan, Mexico. Focus on stone sculptural wall decorations. 10:25 Landscape of Avenue of Dead. 10:35 Montage exploring Piramide Sol (Pyramid of the Sol). 11:18 Woman examine Mesoamerican murals. 11:36 Courtyard full of carved pillars. 11:49 Pan over Avenue of Dead. 12:16 House “El Riaco”, 240. 12:32 Shot of Diego Rivera Mural on the Olympic Stadium, Mexico City. 12:45 12:56 Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool (Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez) 13:24 Flowers on street store window display. 13:49 Montage inside Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology). 14:29 Woman stands under Mayan structure. 14:34 Plane shot. 15:04 Sign: “No fumar”. Pan to plane at Aero Mexico airport. 15:19 At dock. 15:45 Monkey on leash. 16:11 Fish in water. 16:31 Sign: "Belize Frontier Frontera Belice". 16:41 Building: “Immigration & Customs”. 17:06 Montage: Exploring water side by truck and fishing. 19:02 People smoke and fish under bridge. 20:20 Exteriors: Shipyard, harbor, boardwalk and docks with sailboats. 21:51 From plane window, sign: "Benvenidos A San Pedro Sula." 22:20 Woman and captains inside plane. 23:10 Coastline, mountains in distance. 23:49 Ship surrounded by sailboats. 23:54 Boy pulls on calf. 24:03 Montage of rural town: Girls carry baskets on head. 24:23 Cattle guided by rider. 24:37 Water side sunset. 24:44 Soldiers march by hotel. 25:04 Woman on beach. 25:26 Montage: Woman parasails. 26:37 Ship exits dock. 26:55 Montage: Woman fishing on boat. 27:28 Performance. Stage lit by colorful lights as performers dance. Fire ignites off stage. 29:34 Boarding Aero de Mexico jet. 29:52 Plane in air. 29:54 The Alamo 30:07 Woman walk around garden. 30:23 Landscape plane shot. 31:33 Street view: Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. 31:46 Exterior: “ABC Hollywood Place” Theater. “The Merv Griffin Show”. 31:55 Aerial landscape. 32:37 Statue of Joseph Strauss (engineer), Golden Gate Bridge in background. 33:08 Trolley cars drive streets of San Francisco. 33:27 Chinatown, San Francisco street lined with restaurants: “Imperial Palace”. 33:58 A. Sabella’s, Fishermen's Grotto at Fisherman’s Wharf. 34:34 San Francisco Bay. 35:08 Aerial 36:01 The Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and surrounding gardens. 37:47 Banff National Park Administration Building, Alberta. 39:12 Falls International Airport, Minnesota. 40:53 Woman on sofa. 41:14 Motorboat. 42:19 People display stringed fish. 42:32 Woman examines flowers 43:03 Water crashing on walls. 43:12 Woman picks flowers. 44:44 Parked by “Piper” building. 44:53 Close up: Canada and Mexico stickers on Piper plane. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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