Distribution : A completed documentary film for market by Aydin Erel

“Cape Cod over Istanbul” is a 54 minute-long aviation documentary shot HD and 4:3 formats. The primary topic of this documentary film is the social and political implications behind an historical non-stop long distance world record on flight made during the Golden Age of Flight. The web site is www.capecodoveristanbul.com The pilot Russell Norton Boardman was once a cowboy, motorcyclist and a stunt pilot for Hollywood movies and his companion co-pilot John Lewis Polando was an aircraft mechanic with more than 10 years of aeronautical experience; together they found a way to fulfil a lifelong dream. Their Bellanca brand monoplane called ”Cape Cod” was literally a flying bomb with the take-off weight consumed two-thirds fuel it trundled down Floyd Bennett, NY airfield in the early morning of July 28, 1931. Their objective was to fly from New York to Istanbul. It was to be the longest distance ever flown in history. They were unreported from land or sea for two nights and a day. What they lacked in equipment such as battery, radio, parachutes or navigation lights was compensated with plenty of determination and steely courage. This film based on unrevealed archives both from the USA and Turkey combined with interesting interviews. The research and filming took 4 years. The film contains partly in Turkish and partly English interviews, which has dubbed and subtitled in English language for the international market. We have made the USA premier in Cape Cod for the 80 years of anniversary of the flight. It was tremendous respond and we have improved the film with some new archives and a new vision upon return Turkey. We have also held a Turkish premier in Istanbul with great respond as well. We would like to sale this film to International market.