Created as part of a series of educational films called "Ripples", 55 TO GET READY traces all the preparations for the flight of a TWA airplane from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles. It opens with a Trans World plane (1:14). Two characters are flying from DC to California and as they receive their boarding passes, LAX stickers are wrapped around their luggage (1:43). The information that at least fifty-five people must complete their jobs before the plane may take off follows (2:23). In the airport kitchen (2:33) boxes of trays of food are stuffed into a truck bound for the plane (3:34). In the basement of the airport (3:43) suitcases are transported and sent for another cart which will also head for the plane. Maintenance men work on the inside and outside of the plane (4:36) and a man in a TWA jumpsuit checks all controls for efficiency. Bags of air mail are loaded up (5:32) and the food and baggage trucks arrive (5:42). The stewardesses in red attire head for their posts (6:13). Off the plane, weather men are working to inform pilots of the weather conditions they will face in flight (6:31). Below the plane, it is fueled through it’s wing (6:57) and this fuel is pumped from underground pipes which lead to the tanks (7:21). The crew checks all necessary instruments (8:00) while passengers board a bus dubbed the mobile lounge (8:20). This bus was complete with an open snout which enabled passengers to walk directly onto the plane. The fuel hose is replaced as the bus delivers riders (9:30). Over the radio, the pilot is discussing permission for take off with air control (10:21). It is the air controller’s duty to know every plane that is in flight (10:33). Over a shot of the radar screen (11:08) viewers are reminded of the duties, the workers and all the variables that go into take off. This film concludes as they are cleared for take off (12:57) and it has been produced by Northern Virginia Educational Television Association and created in association with National Instructional Television (13:40).
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