First Round the World Flight

In 1924, a group of eight Army airmen set out to be the first humans to ever circle the globe by air. On their journey over Arctic mountain passes and vast Indian deserts, they would lose half their planes and set numerous records to become what were dubbed the "Magellans of the Sky."

Listen as Prologue staff writer Rob Crotty describes their journey in the National Archives' latest 2-3 minute produced video short from "Inside the Vaults."

The film series is free to view and distribute on our YouTube channel by selecting the "Inside the Vaults" playlist at http://www.YouTube.com/usnationalarchives .

Prologue magazine is the award-winning quarterly publication of the National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue .

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