1924 Douglas World Cruiser - First around the world flight newsreel footage

AROUND THE WORLD IN 175 DAYS
The United States Army Air Service commissioned the Douglas Aircraft Company to design and build its Douglas World Cruiser for the first flight around the world. The Boeing heritage company built only five of the aircraft, of which four attempted the flight, each named after a city in the U.S.-Seattle, Chicago, Boston and New Orleans. Of the original four aircraft, only two made the 27,553-mile journey back to the starting point in Seattle. Seattle’s crew survived crashing into a mountainside in Alaska but lost the aircraft, and the Boston II replaced Boston after mechanical issues downed it over the Atlantic.