These are the final moments of Amelia Earhart on the ground

In 1937, Amelia Earhart was about to embark on a record-setting flight around the world. In her final moments, she took her last photograph and set off from a Burbank, California, airstrip, captured in recently recovered home movie footage. (2:46)


Source: Smithsonian Channel: America in Color: The 1930s

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