PASSENGER PLANES & JET AIRPLANES 1958 DOCUMENTARY TV SHOW 74812

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Support Our Channel : https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm "Age of the Jet" dates to 1958 and is chock full of historic footage of aviation's earliest days, including excerpts from the film "Coast to Coast in 24 Hours" with the Ford Trimotor. It also includes images of Anne and Charles Lindbergh flying to pioneer new air routes (5 minute mark). A gigantic DO-X flying boat is seen at the 6:30 mark, and a Sikorsky S-42 Flying Boat as well. The DC-3 marked an appearance around 7:30 with Eleanor Roosevelt christening Eastern Airlines' service to New York from Washington DC. The film shows wonder images of the glamorous era of aviation before WWII, including Pan Am Flying Boats (one sets down at Wake Island at the 9:45 mark). The WWII role of civil and transport aircraft is seen starting at the 11:00 mark. Post-war airplanes including Lockheed Constellations and Boeing Stratocruisers are seen around the 12 minute mark, with new airports and infrastructure to support air travel. The age of the propeller plane ends at the 17 minute mark, and the jet engine emerges on the scene. The Comet I is shown, as well as turboprop aircraft such as the Viscount and Electra. The Comet 4 and Boeing 707, as well as the Tu-104 and DC-8, Convair 880, and French Caravelle, are all shown as well as an early flight simulator. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com