Photograph of the first in-flight movie, a screening of <i>Howdy Chicago</i> (Rothacker Film Company) as part of the Pageant of Progress Exposition in Chicago July 30 – August 14, 1921.
<ul><li>Caption reads as follows:<br>A FLYING THEATRE<br>What is believed to be the first aerial motion picture show was given on board an eleven passenger hydroplane which flew at the Chicago Pageant of Progress. A Rothacker produced film comprised the first picture program, and was presented while the plane was 2,000 feet in the air. The picture was "Howdy Chicago." A. L. Parker, "publicity person" for Rothacker Film Co., staged the stunt.</li></ul>
Motion Picture News, Inc.; photograph likely to be from Rothacker Film Company, which staged the screening
1921-08-27
<i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew24moti_5#page/1070/mode/1up">Motion Picture News</a></i>, August 27, 1921 (page 1070)