Amelia Earheart in WNY

[creweite]

This is recently found footage that shows AE and Lindberg in the late 20's around Rochester. The "new" Leroy airport is mentioned but that is not the present airport, but one which I believe belonged to Jell-O, which had its roots in the area. Home movies taken by a local doctor who was an aviation enthusiast.

http://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/watch-rare-film-of-amelia-earhart-in-wny/819097515

 

[Shepherd]

Wow!
Talk about buried treasure.

 

[NoHeat]

Cool find! She looked not only confident, but also graceful.

Here's a youtube video of the whole footage from that doctor. At 29 minutes, Charles Lindberg.

It is a (silent) home video, with banal stuff like mini golf (they had that in the 20s apparently), and at 22 min a cat video of all things, followed immediately by an Amelia Earhart speech.