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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.

Handcart.
Ticket office.

Aéropostale (2)

Founded in 1927 as Compagnie Génerale Aéropostale.

Travel office in South America.
Travel office.
Poster.

Lignes Aériennes Latécoères (3)

Nickednamed La ligne for mail transport from France to South America. Would change for Aéropostale-CGA in 1927.

Mail.

Air Union (4)

Flight above nice.

Air Orient (5)

Marseille-Ajaccio / Marseille-Alger / Marseille-Tunis.

North Africa network.
Winged seahorse.

Inauguration of Air France (6)

New flag and logo.

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

1st logo.

Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (7)

Hangar Lossier

Hangars Lossier (1922) for Air France.
Hangars Lossier (1922) for Air France.

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

Hangars Lossier (1922) for Air France.

Air France archives (8)

First age of cruises by air, ship, road.

All tickets to all countries at official prices.

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.

Cantina militaria.

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)

Le Bourget terminal.

Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (17)

Scene in Tourbillon de Paris with Ray's Ventura band orchestra.

Grand hall.
Arrival.
at ATC.

Association Breguet XIV (18)

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

Breguet 14 A2

Poster Aéropostale CGA (19)