Pan American Airlines New York Jet Port Circa 1960
This is a lovely promotional movie made by Pan American Airlines to promote their newly opened Jet Port at New York Idlewild Airport circa 1960. At the time Pan American was transitioning from the propliners of the 1950s to the jet age with the introduction of Boeing 707 and DC-8 jetliners. And it was appropriate …Read more »
Canadian Pacific Airlines CP Air: History of the Airline 1930s – 1970s
Canadian Pacific Airlines was born from the great Canadian Pacific Steamship and Railways company that provided trans continental and overseas transport services from Canada going back to shortly after the country’s founding in 1867. Canadian Pacific Airlines was actually an amalgamation of a handful of small local airlines that were serving specialized regions within Canada …Read more »
Pan American Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Introduction to Service Late 1940s
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was the A380 of the 1940s and 1950s. The basic design was an adaptation of the B-29 bomber in which the fuselage was enlarged for the long range transport of passengers on a double deck deck bubble design. The major long haul airlines of the day ordered the Startocruiser including BOAC, …Read more »
American Airlines Boeing 707 – flight planning 1963
This American Airlines Boeing 707 – flight planning 1963 promo film explains all the planning efforts that required for a typical passenger jetliner flight circa 1963. Flight Planning We join the American Airlines Boeing 707 crew and support staff in seeing what required to plan all aspects of an American Airlines Boeing 707 flight.
United Airlines Stratocruiser DC-6 Convair CV-340 DC-8
These wonderful films capture United Airlines Stratocruiser in the magical era of the 1950s. Back then, travel by air a completely new method of travel, and the airlines set out to educate the general public as to how safe, convenient and efficient air travel becoming. This show is loaded with fabulous classic propliner footage from …Read more »
Aer Lingus Classics 1960s and 1970s
Aer Lingus Classics 1960s In the summer of 1969, flower power was in full swing across Europe, and the hit movie in Ireland that memorable summer was “The Graduate” starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. The Aer Lingus promo film “Shamrocks Sky High” played in Irish cinemas along with “The Graduate” to promote the airline’s …Read more »
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