Spirit of St. Louis (1957) St. John's, Newfoundland

Clip from the 1957 film 'Spirit of St. Louis' starring Jimmy Stewart. Scene shows St. John's, Newfoundland.

[@flashesofblack4128]

I had a little chuckle when he said to the fly, "Are you sure you dont want to go down there to find a nice garbage can?" I think this is one of James Stewarts finest movies!

[@JBSmoke1]

A great movie about a very gutsy flight. Jimmy Stewart was perfect for this film.

[@jeffshriber6120]

Hard to believe there was never a remake of this.

[@phmwu7368]

Actor James Stewart served for 27 years as an officer pilot, officially retiring from the Air Force on May 31, 1968 with the rank of Brigadier-General !!!

[@riazhassan6570]

Amazing airmanship. Amazing airplane. Amazing engine

[@charleslaing3426]

I liked how he adjusted the lever throttle by bumping it with his hand, It would come naturaky for an accomplished pilot like Gen Stewart. No GPS, no radio, no autopilot. Just a compass, clock, and a map.

[@michaelhopf3249]

Wonderful film!!!

[@stevenpilling5318]

Imagine the courage it took to fly a single engine aircraft of that vintage alone across the Atlantic!

[@mercian7]

I cannot..its mentally brave..maybe not as brave as enduring the tragedy of his son being murdered.

[@jmstowe]

Ronald Reagan promoted him to Major General.

[@pfcwar5150]

The Godfather of “Get Rich or Die Trying”

[@Amr_lotfy]

stupidity not courage

[@stevenpilling5318]

Get a load of the two Woke comments!

[@elfowl6873]

THE SPIRIT!!!!! What a great aircraft!!!!! Thanks for the post!!!!!

[@actioncom2748]

Pretty slick how they Incorporated a POV shot of the periscope.

[@bobmcrae5751]

My dad flew across the North Atlantic many times during WWII as a pilot for the RAF's Ferry Command. He always said the most important member of the crew was the navigator.

[@PadraigTomas]

Remember whilst flying across the Atlantic to wear a tie.

[@michelebarile6218]

1st thing I noted🤔

[@billwhelpley6825]

No peaks like those in the maritime provinces

[@ultrakool]

he flew from the easternmost point in north america (newfoundland) to the westernmost point in the UK (ireland). it's the only way to fly!

[@robertphillips6296]

Jimmy Stewart was a Pilot in real life and eventually retired from the Air Force Reserve as a General some years later and after he had flown bombing missions over Germany during WW 2 while on active duty.

[@glennstockley2197]

another cowardly yanqui mass murderer.....

[@tankmodeler]

@@glennstockley2197 Get stuffed. Flying combat over Germany was a material help in beating back Nazism, amongst the greatest mass murderers in history.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!!!

[@srothbardt]

Great movie . Great performance.

[@delavalmilker]

Eerie shot near the end. As that tiny plane heads out into the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean.

[@Countrybananas]

Don't see planes flying through the narrows these days thats for sure!

[@groface4043]

@@Countrybananas You don't seem them. I see them flying through The Narrows every week.

[@bettyspearns8341]

Wow , here watching from St. John’s Newfoundland.

[@Underrated709]

Same here girl

[@michaelmangano1732]

Those special effects!!

[@giannipalusci9864]

I love it movie

[@bigbob1699]

One good engine and all the gas he could carry. KISS!

[@marymarks1940]

He said St.John's many times correct in the movie ..

[@Chickennss]

St John is a beautiful town.

[@glennstockley2197]

its the armpit of the world......

[@Hjerte_Verke]

@@glennstockley2197 Must be your birthplace!

[@tankmodeler]

@@Hjerte_Verke We wouldn't have him.

[@groface4043]

It's St. John's

[@Harold710]

@@glennstockley2197I thought Wasilla AK was.

[@mariosgeorgakopoulos2203]

One question : how did the fly manage to fly OUT of the window of a flying airplane ? Is that really possible under the law of physics ? It never woros as far a flies and car interiors are concerned, even if cars move at low speeds. Can anyone answer this question pls ?

[@None-zc5vg]

When transatlantic air travel (and tourism) became the big thing after WW2, aircraft entering U.S. airspace were routinely fumigated with insecticides before landing. Does anyone know if that's still done and if it's also done on planes LEAVING the U.S. ?

[@dorothygale5896]

It's very possible, in movies. don't fret the small stuff. 🙂

[@fatihdemirkan2354]

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[@alanboston5811]

Why the goggles ? No wind in his face

[@bulow453]

It's a great movie but I doubt that western style snow capped craggy peaks were there in the eastern side of canada

[@coreymoore2719]

wtf???... WEDO NOT HAVE MOUNTAINS THAT HIGH IN NEWFOUNDLAND!!

[@deepseadirt1]

I looked this up and there are several mountain peaks as you approach St. Johns. At the altitude Lindbergh would've been flying he would've been privy to them but a modern airline pilot thousands of feet up would consider them flat. Maybe mountains not as high as The Rockies but there are mountain peaks. Glad I looked it up; so the movie was 'sort' of correct!😊

[@coreymoore2719]

​@@deepseadirt1 no...I live here, we have decent size rolling hills, but they look nothing like what's pictured here... Like 150 - 200 m high and very rounded and eroded... Like if the mountains in the video encountered a couple thousand years of glaciers and ice sheets maybe they would be carved down to what our hills look like... The very last scene of him flying over St John's harbor is actually what it looks like, that Hill he flies by at the end is signal Hill and that's the steepest we got.

[@seanmullan8527]

Where are these glaciated peaks 100 miles outside St. John's? Asking for a friend.

[@lukeobrien5985]

There are none. Must have been added to the movie to build suspense he might hit one.

[@1958newboy]

Yes i was thinking the same really

[@tankmodeler]

The only way to hit a "peak" 100 miles outside St. John's is to trip over a rock on the Barrens and hit your nose on the ground.

[@paulbizard3493]

@@tankmodeler OMG that must be terrible...😱

[@louisemulley7729]

Someone should have told him it is "St.John's" not "ST.John".

[@kenclark9888]

louise mulley when he broke out of the clouds that’s what he said. I believe there are other times too.

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

0:48 lol, I thought he said something else.

[@myusernameistaken23]

fuuuuuck

[@bubz4196]

The fly is supposed to represent the gremlins that Lindbergh claimed to have seen while flying over St Johns. He talks about this in his autobiography. Lots of other pilots from WWI and II claim similar experiences

[@saminaneen]

@bubz4, Tell us another one of your "conspiracy theories', and please adjust your tinfoil hat, to get a better signal, from yo boy Q-Anon

[@bubz4196]

@@saminaneen What? It's not a conspiracy theory. Lindbergh literally talks about seeing gremlins over St. Johns in his autobiography. He was sleep deprived and taking tons of benzadrine, which is a great cocktail for hallicunations. They even made a twilight zone episode based on this called "Nightmare at 20,000 feet" So please, learn basic history and comma usage before displaying what a fucking moron you are.

[@brochan11]

That fly is now on Mike Pence's head.

[@thefidgetspinner2007]

That happened 2 weeks ago already? God how time flies

[@tonymazz9912]

A fly has more energy then Sleepy Hiden Lyin Biden.

[@mercian7]

@@tonymazz9912 Hope Trump wins

[@Hjerte_Verke]

Flies always land on shit.

[@Imintune...]

Kind of meals did he served on a econo flight ?🤣

[@Hazwaste63]

Sammiches

[@atlascheethac7869]

He was so concerned about weight that he almost had to turn back at Saint Johns because his balls were to heavy

[@johnschober1819]

Basic flt instruments, no pilot today could ever do thiis.

[@newjeffersonian6456]

Charles Lindbergh was 25 when he made his trans-Atlantic flight and looked even younger. Jimmy Stewart was almost 50 when this movie was filmed. Obviously the producer Leland Hayward and Warner Brothers wanted Stewart for his box office appeal, but he was far too old to realistically play the role.

[@Hjerte_Verke]

Opinions vary but Stewart looked very young for his age, even then, but what alternative actor could have carried the role with the same gravitas as Stewart?