Talk:Air France aime le cinéma: 1933 - 1945 Un élan brisé
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Lignes Aériennes Farman/SGTA (1)
The handcart is still wearing Lignes Aériennes Farman as the agency below, but the name was dropped for Société Générale des Transports Aériens (SGTA) in 1919.


Aéropostale (2)
Founded in 1927 as Compagnie Génerale Aéropostale.



Lignes Aériennes Latécoères (3)
Nickednamed La ligne for mail transport from France to South America. Would change for Aéropostale-CGA in 1927.

Air Union (4)


Air Orient (5)
Marseille-Ajaccio / Marseille-Alger / Marseille-Tunis.

Inauguration of Air France (6)

The A F initials replacing A O of former Air Orient has been dropped very soon (December 3rd 1934 during the international trademark filing).

Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (7)


They were designed and used to house 6 Farman-Goliath.

Air France archives (8)
First age of cruises by air, ship, road.






Literature (9)






Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (10)
The writer and pilot A. de Saint-Exupéry joined the propaganda (communication… we would say today) of Air France, participating in the production of films aimed at promoting the grandeur of postal aviation and the new colonial routes. One of this film is Courrier Sud.




Toulouse-Dakar (11)
8 stops.

Cap Juby (12)
This place, which is Moroccan today, was under Spanish protectorate at the time. A shack was set up next to the fort to house the pilots and mechanics, and a hangar was located near it, as well as a sand landing strip.

Un avion dans l'histoire (13)
Dewoitine D.338 or Bloch MB.220?

Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (14)

Aéroport de Marseille-Marignane (15)



Daladier's return from Munich (16)


Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (17)
Scene in Tourbillon de Paris with Ray's Ventura band orchestra.




Association Breguet XIV (18)
From Association Breguet XIV at Aérodrome de Castelsarrasin - Moissac (LFCX).