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Film taken before Amelia Earhart's last flight surfaces
16-mm film sat on desk for 50 years
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In this May 20, 1937 photo, provided by The Paragon Agency, shows aviator Amelia Earhart at her Electra plane cabin, taken by Albert Bresnik at Burbank Airport in Burbank, Calif. It was a clear spring day in 1937 when Amelia Earhart, ready to make history by flying around the world, brought her personal photographer to a small Southern California airport to document the journey's beginning. - photo by Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — It was a clear spring day in 1937 when Amelia Earhart, ready to make history by flying around the world, brought her personal photographer to a small Southern California airport to document the journey's beginning. Al Bresnik took dozens of still photos, including a few that have likely been seen by millions. His brother John, who tagged along, made a very dark, grainy 3.5-minute home movie almost nobody saw — until now.
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