Friends gather beside the Mainliner's fuselage and tail at the start of the send-off, circa 1939.
1939 · California, United States
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Men and women in hats gather below the DC-3's tail fin, one holding a wrapped parcel — California, 1939
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Men in fedoras and women in close-fitting hats seeing travellers off at an airfield, likely California, circa 1939.
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A man in a light hat carries wrapped parcels through the crowd beside the airliner.
1939 · California, United States
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A smiling man in a hat holds wrapped parcels as the send-off crowd stands below the Mainliner's tail.
1939 · California, United States
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California-1939: Send-Off Crowd in Fedoras and Hats Beside a United Mainliner DC-3
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1939 California.
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Period detail
The United 'Mainliner' script on a DC-3, the men's snap-brim fedoras and overcoats, and the women's close-fitting hats all point to the late 1930s.
Film character
Grainy black-and-white small-gauge film with a pale overcast sky, soft focus, a gently moving handheld camera and dark gate edges, giving it an authentic projected-film texture.
Historical context
United began DC-3 service in 1937 and promoted the type as the Mainliner, and the crowd's formal dress shows that seeing someone off by plane was still an occasion.
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Copyright in the film is separate from the likeness rights of the identifiable unnamed people, and the United Air Lines marks and the airfield setting may need separate trademark and property review.
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