Synopsis
Stock VS, disembodied hands shuffle through mail; cuts to same letters in mans hand, man walks away from camera, sits in chair, children playing on floor; mother sends children to bed, little boy and girl kiss father goodnight; man opens letter. Man sitting at couch, with typewriter on coffee table begins to type out letter. aerials of airplanes flying above the clouds. Aerial above 1950s TWA plane. Woman at desk wearing antique phone headset answering calls; woman writes notes on paper and places paper on conveyor line; notes comes out of shoot and is picked up by female telegrapher who then types out the note. man walks up to check-in counter at airport, counter is lined with model airplanes; woman hands man his ticket; Bus pulls up to airport; people exiting TWA gate onto runway; TWA Constellation airplane; Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, California; great shot inside planes being built inside giant Lockheed production warehouse; pieces of Constellation airplane during assembly in Lockheed plant; great shot flight gear test in warehouse, man gives thumbs down. Constellation plane taking off of runway. Stewardess walks down center aisle in airplane toward camera to serve lunch. Great shot male and female taste testers for airplane food eating in test kitchen; various people takes bites then make notes. Three women in kitchen packaging airplane food; women in kitchen cooking, baking, and plating airplane food; disembodied hands load food, including cartons of Carnation milk…
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- Running time
- 22 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
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★★★★ · The Pilot will fly you now. · Spuzz · 2020-03-29
A vastly entertaining film which gives an overview of a plane operation, and a little peek behind the scenes. A pilot gets a letter from a passenger who lvoed his flight so much he wanted to know what goes on into flying a plane (such behavior now will get the FBI knocking at your door no doubt) The pilot responds by talking about how he prepares for the flight, how airline food is made, how planes are refurbished, and how they keep on target even when they're soooo high above the clouds. Really entertaining, it was a nice snapshot of plane travel during the 50's. (Extinguish your cigarettes…