Airlines in Canada 1960s Coast to Coast Documentary
THIS IS THE FULL 69 MINUTE SHOW: You can also watch in shorter segments (PART 1) (PART 2) (PART 3) This show is the continuation of our airlines in Canada 1940s and 1950s show that was released onto JetFlix TV a few years ago. In this program, we use archival footage from Air Canada archives …Read more »
Air Canada Vanguard and DC-8
FROM Air Canada Vanguard Archives: In the 1960s, Air Canada’s medium to long haul services operated by their fleet of British-built Vickers Vanguard and Douglas DC-8 jets. The Vanguards and DC-8s of Trans-Canada Air Lines and Air Canada were once common place at Canadian airports. This program is a tribute to these great aircraft. When …Read more »
Trans Canada Air Lines 1940s & 1950s from NFB
In the 1940s & 1950s, the National Film Board of Canada documented Canada’s then new national airline to educate the Canadian public about the new mode of travel. Thousands of feet of Hollywood quality cine film on Trans Canada Air Lines 1940s and 1950s dormant in NFB. It is archives for decades. Until we discovered …Read more »
Air Canada In the 1970s 747 L-1011 DC-9
FROM AIR CANADA ARCHIVES: The 1970s was an era of transition for Air Canada. The airline retired the last of the very popular Vickers Viscounts, as well as the Vickers Vanguards. It introduced the new widebody Boeing 747 and Lockheed L-1011 Tristar aircraft. These start-of-the-art high capacity airliners truly made travel by air a mass-market phenomena …Read more »
Air Canada Industry Challenges 1982
In 1982, the airline industry in Canada faced much turmoil. Some might argue there was more fierce competition than exists today. Air Canada Industry Challenges 1982 – Air Canada faced competition from PWA and CP Air on trunk routes. While regional carriers like Eastern Provincial and Nordair provided competition in regional and charter markets, particularly …Read more »
Air Canada’s first ever TV Commercials [PART 1] | 1960s in Black and White
Henry Tenby of JetFlix digitized Air Canada’s historic film archives in 2012, by special arrangement with Archives Canada. This show features the earliest black and white TV commercials produced for Air Canada during the mid 1960s, and feature Air Canada’s the cutting edge jet aircraft of the day, the DC-8.
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