1959 UNITED AIRLINES PROMO FILM DEBUT OF DOUGLAS DC-8 " OPERATION JETLINER " DC-8 24834

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This color educational film, which also can be viewed as a promotional film for United Airlines, is about the new Douglas DC-8 jetliner and its debut with United Airlines. United's first-ever jet service took place on September 18th, 1959 when the DC-8 performed a transcontinental flight between San Francisco International Airport and New York's Idlewild. Copyright is circa 1959. The aircraft shown in the film, tail number N8016U, flew with United from 1959 to 1966.
Opening title: Paul Hoefler Productions presents "Operation Jetliner", with assistance from United Airlines (:15). Birds fly in the sky (:58). Painting of Icarus (1:15). Leonardo da Vinci (1:30). Hot air balloons (1:53). December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took turns piloting and monitoring their flying machine in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (2:12). 1909, Louis Bleriot, a French engineer, was the first to fly across the English Channel, 21 miles from Calais in France to Dover, England (2:27). Plane in the sky (2:40). United Airlines DC-6 with propeller engines (2:57). A drill goes into wood (3:10). United Airlines DC-8 (3:18). Animation of how a jet engine works (3:37). A man uses a pencil to point at a model of a United Airlines DC-8 (4:21). Demonstration of how air helps lift a plane into flight (4:39). Aerodynamic study animation (4:57). How air helps lift a plane’s wing (5:12). How a plane is steered, a man points to a plane model’s tail section with a pencil; a real DC-8 plane tail is shown (5:42). A man points to a plane model DC-8 with a pencil (6:36). A United Airlines DC-8 taxis on the runway (6:58). A jetway moves towards the doors of the plane on the runway (7:49). An employee of the airline removes a container from underneath the plane as it has landed (8:10). Mail is removed from another compartment under the plane (8:28). An air conditioning unit is fed into the plane (8:36). A truck helps pump the fuel into the plane (8:50). A truck brings food (9:01). Flight engineer makes a thorough inspection (9:18). DC-8 goes into a hangar for maintenance (9:33). Jet engines are rebuilt (9:53). Tires are changed (10:08). Flight 22 - San Francisco to New York ticket airline front desk (10:19). Reservations department (10:35). Baggage is weighed at the check-in counter (11:09). Dispatcher’s office (11:20). Pilots and stewardesses board (11:48). Passengers enter the plane (11:57). Jetway is moved after plane is ready to leave (12:14). Air Traffic Control tower (12:23). Pilot receives clearance for departure (12:46). DC-8 taxis onto runway (13:00). United DC-8 takes off down the runway and is airborne (13:16). Passengers relax and read (13:42). DC-8 is above the clouds (13:48). Snow covered Rocky Mountains (14:09). Passengers rest (14:33). Plane turns in the sky (14:45). Lunchtime on the plane for the passengers (15:10). Jetliner approaches JFK Airport on Long Island, NY (15:32). DC-8 lands on the runway (15:42). Passengers get ready to leave the plane (16:00). End credits (16:31).
The Douglas DC-8 (also known as the McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is a narrow-body airliner built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. The aircraft was derived from a 1954 Air Force tanker contract which was won by Boeing. The first DC-8 was rolled out in Long Beach Airport on 9 April 1958 and flew for the first time on 30 May. The DC-8 entered service with Delta Air Lines on September 18.
The six-abreast, low wing airliner was a four-engined jet aircraft, the initial variants are 151 ft (46 m) long. The initial DC-8-10 was powered by Pratt & Whitney JT3C turbojets; the DC-8-20 had more powerful JT4A turbojets. The intercontinental models had more fuel capacity. The DC-8 was produced until 1972 with 556 aircraft built. It was superseded by larger wide-body airliners including Douglas' DC-10. Some re-engined planes are still in use as freighters.
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@ScoutSniper3124 3 жыл бұрын

My Dad was a mechanic for United Airlines from 1955 through his retirement in 1993... I grew up in amazement of those jets. He used to take me to Stapleton Airport (Denver) for the night shift, let me walk around the planes, and eventually fall asleep watching movies in one of them. Loved that time, and him. Thanks for the video.

@gus473 3 жыл бұрын

Truly miss old Stapleton! So much handier! (And a fun place to be snowed in!) ಠ◡ಠ

@patrickshaw8595 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Pops was Braniff '51-Bankruptcy #1 in 1981.

@waterheaterservices 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was with Frontier, in the avionics department at Stapleton, 1967-1986, continuing on in the same building after the Frontier bankruptcy with Continental until retirement in 93. Some of the sweetest memories of life are of him, his work shop, Frontier Airlines, the old DC-3's still in service with Frontier in 67, 68, the Convair 580 turbo props, on and on. What a special time and place.

@jrthiker9908 Жыл бұрын

My dad was one of the chief pilots for Air America, the old CIA airline during the Vietnam War. He'd take me along with him on check rides in the DC-6 and 727's. Sometimes I got to sit on his lap as a kid and "fly" the plane while it really was in the air LOL. I remember running around in the cabin while he was up front working. After the war he purchased one of AA's PIlatus Porters and kept it at a hangar at Boeing Field. We'd go in on weekends and work on it together then take it up for flights.

@hobieone60 Жыл бұрын

Loved the old Stapleton Airport. Lived on Lowery AFB 1964 and walk to Stapleton rooftop to watch the planes for hours.

@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын

I remember flying I the DC8 in the sixties, it was a treat to fly,people dressed in their Sunday best & were well mannered.My how times have changed!

@oneblach Жыл бұрын

Interestingly, that’s the only thing that has changed since then. Other than that, things haven’t changed that much.

@jaminova_1969 4 ай бұрын

My Aunt took my mother and me on a trip from NYC to Orlando. We flew on a National Airlines DC-8. I remember that Aunt Mary was always impeccably dressed! I also remember the service onboard was top notch and there was a time when you could go to the airport, purchase a ticket and fly anywhere without having to take your shoes of or be examined by government agents. My how times have changed!

@bionicsjw 3 жыл бұрын

In 1988 i started as a Flight Attendant with United. We were still flying the DC-8. My most memorable flight was in the late summer of that year. We flew from Portland to Seattle early on a Sunday morning. We we went over Mt. At. Hellens the captain got permission to circle above the crater. We were fairly low and you could see directly in the crater. The lava dome was amazing with the steam coming from it.

@Bill_N_ATX 3 жыл бұрын

While I know what you wrote is true, it surprised me that United kept them in service that long. It was about that same time I was working as a ramp rat in Jacksonville Florida loading freight in the early mornings so I could go to college during the day. By then a good number of the freighters were were loading were re-engined passenger airliners that had been converted to hauling freight. For the time they carried a good bit of freight at a reasonable cost and as retired passenger jets they were reasonable in cost. As a young kid I thought they were huge but of course they really weren’t. A modern Boeing 777 can carry more cargo in its belly than the Old Diesel Eight could carry all together. While carrying hundreds of passengers for trips half way around the world. But for its time, those tough old birds were something else.

@gus473 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_N_ATX Rode a few in '80s..... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@hueyman624 2 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_N_ATX Delta was still flying Stretch 8 into the 80s. I worked for Delta when UPS was hiring Delta to convert Airliners into Freighters

@patrickshaw8595 2 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_N_ATX Correct me if I'm wrong but the longest flight in the world that stays inside one time zone is NYC to RIO and back. As a kid I sat a Braniff DC-8 for 12 hours to get there and the same back. Hella range for a ship that size.

@jjouney Жыл бұрын

@@Bill_N_ATX United didn't retire the DC-8 until 1991.

@markbird2000 3 жыл бұрын

This film was made in the early 1960s, as JFK was not named until after JFK was shot. IDL was the name. Also, the B720 was not delivered to UAL till past 1960. There were several shots of that plane also. Great film though.

@toeg1 3 жыл бұрын

You're right about JFK, but the plane they discussed was a DC-8, if I understood the announcer correctly. If memory serves, it also looks like the DC-8s I worked on in the 70s.

@gus473 3 жыл бұрын

@@toeg1 Good catches, both! ᕦ(ಠ_ಠ)ᕤ

@cascade5682 3 жыл бұрын

13:15 Can't see San Mateo Bridge mid-span (yet).

@chadkornack2409 3 жыл бұрын

No, Mark Bird is correct. Though most of the shots were of the DC-8, there were several shots of the B720 as well. That's what drew me to the comments section, to see if others caught that. Nerdy details.

@bodietripp8218 3 жыл бұрын

@Gannon Remington yup, been using flixzone} for since november myself :D

@jackmack7533 3 жыл бұрын

Another fine choice of history to preserve. Not sure how much "restoration" went into this short film but it looks fantastic. Well done guys.

@Oliverdobbins 3 жыл бұрын

These “jets” seem like a promising technology. I hope they catch on.

@mylesflaig148 3 жыл бұрын

00::10:55 There is an “electronic brain that receives information from 100 locations across the nation.” These might catch on too! ✨😹💫

@Oliverdobbins 3 жыл бұрын

@@mylesflaig148 Maybe, but not in our lifetimes I don’t think.

@mattalbrecht7471 3 жыл бұрын

I hope not...might kill the environment

@jbruces 3 жыл бұрын

The interior shots were of a 727....note that there was a rear exit behind the FA’s jump seat.

@SpantaxDC10 Жыл бұрын

But the 727 had a 6 abreast seat layout while the cabin shown in the video has a 3-2 seat configuration. Could be a DC-9, but the overhead compartments look like the ones you'd find on the earliest 707s. Could also be a mockup cabin.

@misterwhipple2870 Жыл бұрын

I think not; it's almost certainly a DC-9.

@joeg5414 3 жыл бұрын

imagine being born in the late 1800s. Going from horse and buggy, to jets and cars. It's crazy how fast we advanced our transportation in the 20th century.

@newdefsys 3 жыл бұрын

And now we're going in reverse.

@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын

I think we peaked just prior to 1970.Boeing had the 747 & Europe had the Concorde.Today's planes r more efficient but as flying became more cheaper & commonplace human behavior is embarrassing.

@GSMSfromFV 3 жыл бұрын

As has been pointed out by others, this is not a 1959 film. The reference to Kennedy International Airport at 15:33 means this film was made some time after Kennedy's death in 1963. In 1959, JFK International was known as New York International, or Idlewild Airport.

@jpsned Жыл бұрын

Also, JFK International Airport is not located on Long Island, as the narrator states. It's located in the borough of Queens.

@rogerhuber3133 3 жыл бұрын

Those were the days of flying unlike the cattle car system we have today.

@howardwayne3974 3 жыл бұрын

Back then there was a better class if people flying because they were the only ones who could afford to . and they wouldn't have put up with treatment like we have today . any airline ( or any other business.back then for that matter ) that treated its customers like they do today would have been out of business overnight .

@stevencramsie9172 3 жыл бұрын

That's because today, airline travel is affordable for all - at the time, it was much more of a luxury.

@muttonchopsgayever 3 жыл бұрын

That is an insult to cattle considering the last flight I was on to Chicago in January

@rexpositor6741 3 жыл бұрын

If you’re not flying first class today then you wouldn’t be able to fly at all back then cuz you couldn’t afford it.

@emmgeevideo 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment on prices but I see others have beat me to it. These old videos are really fun to watch but they only showed the most perfect situations. Just remember, every generation looks to the past and says, “Those were the good old days.” Today will be “the good old days” to future generations.

@mikemasi6965 3 жыл бұрын

This video has to be from some time after December 1963. It talks about approaching Kennedy Airport for landing. If this was from 1959 the airport would have been named Idlewild.

@the_rubbish_bin 3 жыл бұрын

So much optimism in the narrator's voice

@zulgadams5837 2 жыл бұрын

Please tale me to the 50's and 60's to live!

@timdodd3897 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Dad wad at United for 45 years. I'm glad I grew up with them.

@waterheaterservices 2 жыл бұрын

A great company to work for in those days. What a blessed life.

@mikethompson3534 Жыл бұрын

@@waterheaterservices Yes I agree not now Hopefully I can retire in another 3 years or so UAL stole all our pension and benefits I am still their after 34 years all cash and benefits were destroyed by poor management and still losing benefits with current management too old to go anywhere else

@jamesfarnham1976 3 жыл бұрын

12:45 it was interesting to see Elvis as a Air Traffic Controller! Thank you, thank you very much.

@timothycook2917 3 жыл бұрын

As a condition for employment, do you think he was required to sing his instructions over the radio?

@rodrigo.lombardi 3 жыл бұрын

he ain´t nothing but a ground op

@waterheaterservices 2 жыл бұрын

@@rodrigo.lombardi 😆

@bardo0007 Жыл бұрын

Its basically the same flights we do today, and this was more than 60 years ago.

@timothycook2917 3 жыл бұрын

I always thought the DC-8 was better looking than the 707. I'm not just saying that because my dad worked for Douglas for 32 years 😁😁

@maplemanz 3 жыл бұрын

I agree the DC 8 is better looking ,I got to fly on one to Germany when I was assigned there during my enlistment on the Army.

@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын

I flew in the DC8 & the super DC8 A stretched version.Also the Convair 880.

@MrSuzuki1187 Жыл бұрын

The problem with the DC-8 was that it did not have an Auxiliary Power Unit, or APU, a jet engine in the tail that could provide electric power and air conditioning on the ground with the engines shut down. It was totally reliant on ground facilities. The Boeing 707 had and APU and was totally self sufficient on the ground. The drawback with the 707 was its landing gear that was not tall enough to allow the fuselage to be extended without the tail striking the ground on takeoff. The DC-8 had taller gear and sat nose low which allowed it to be dramatically extended in length. This is why the 707 died and the DC-8 soldiered on well into the late 1980s at United, where I was a pilot from 1986-2015.

@davewitter6565 Жыл бұрын

Boeing had the same problem with the 737's short landing gear. The A-320 designed 20 year later as a competitor, was higher off the ground. I new model 737 now carries more passengers than the original DC-8 and has comparable range.

@WMAcadet Жыл бұрын

Sorry, but...wrong. The 707 and 720 also did not have an APU. I flew both of them (707 and DC-8) and they all required ground power and compressed air for engine starting. The 727 had an APU, but it was an afterthought located in the landing gear well and exhausting out of the top of the right wing.

@Ctrl-XYZ 3 жыл бұрын

This is an educational film of the kind shown in schools, not a "United Airlines promo film." And as noted below it was made sometime around 1965, not 1959.

@laxjetbear 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Notice they called the NY airport Kennedy and not Idlewild, which didn’t happen till after JFK’s assassination in 1963.

@torgeirbrandsnes1916 3 жыл бұрын

Love films like these! Thank you!

@emilionassarantonio7868 9 ай бұрын

Hola..muchas gracias y felicidades por presentar este interesante video documental sobre aviación, en este caso el gran y lujoso DC 8

@Tevildo 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting film, but the date is wrong - it was released in 1965.

@randysuffens1200 Жыл бұрын

Agree, in 1959 it would have been Idelwild, not Kennedy

@urru66 Жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@abundantYOUniverse 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic thanks Periscope!:)

@gerardmoran9560 Жыл бұрын

Greta video! Not surprisingly, the marketing folks didn't communicate well with the flight ops folks. The vertical stabilizer and rudder don't turn the airplane, the airplane rolls (ailerons) into a bank to turn. The rudder is only to null adverse yaw (mostly handled by the yaw damper), thrust asymmetries, crosswinds and engine out operations. I found it confusing that they showed a DC-8 in flight and then showed aft airstair exits (DC-9 or B-727?). Regardless, the video was fun. Cheers

@MP-zf7kg 3 жыл бұрын

Kennedy Airport, in 1959? still, it's cool little film.

@northwesttravels7234 3 жыл бұрын

After Dec 24th 1963 it would have to be.

@cherry63376 3 жыл бұрын

Opened 1948

@Tevildo 3 жыл бұрын

1965. See www.afana.org/hoeflerfilmography.htm

@RobCamp-rmc_0 3 жыл бұрын

T H E Y K N E W

@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын

Was Idle wild until Dec 63 after the Kennedy assassination. Parts of this may be earlier.

@toeg1 3 жыл бұрын

I love you films, however, I have a small error to point out. At about 15:35 the announcer mentions arriving at Kennedy International Airport. The name was Idlewild until December 24, 1963. Therefore, this could not have been a 1959 promo film. I hope this helps.

@billdescoteaux 3 жыл бұрын

Also, note the '64-66 GMC refueling truck at 8:47.

@MP-zf7kg 3 жыл бұрын

@@billdescoteaux I love those old trucks. Nowadays I think trucks are mostly ugly as crap. Everybody tries to make them big, angry-looking. These older trucks had curves, you know, like a certain gender of our population we aren't allowed to notice any more?

@johnwilhelm9854 3 жыл бұрын

John Little yes had to be later

@necroslair 3 жыл бұрын

@John Little - also the dc 8 first flew passengers on 18 Sept 1959...

@toeg1 3 жыл бұрын

@@necroslair And ... the DC-8's were a pain to work on for us ground crew. The tail cargo hold was waaaay up in the air, accessible only by those mobile conveyer belts.

@was1958 3 жыл бұрын

As a kid, I loved UAL. Flight 3 from CLE to LAX, as a ten-year-old, I couldn't sleep the night before. Today: beatings for paid customers, hostility overall, and contempt for those who make their paydays possible. I will drive rather fly the unfriendly skies of UAL.

@TheByard 3 жыл бұрын

I first flew as a 7 year old back in 1952 from Accra, Gold Coast (Ghana) to London Heathrow, via Tripoli and Rome to refuel. This was on BOAC now BA, the plane had four props but what make I don't know. The trip out from the UK took 10 days by steam ship, both ways a great adventure.

@jointtaskforceheavyhvy9471 3 жыл бұрын

Airlines should reinstate dress codes for passengers.

@waterheaterservices 2 жыл бұрын

YES

@mattalbrecht7471 3 жыл бұрын

Back when even flying economy had class

@chrisnordstrom6652 Жыл бұрын

Something doesn't add up on this post -- the title says the film is from 1959, but in the film the narrator says they are landing at "Kennedy International Airport" -- it was named that until late in 1963. Also, in the film it shows the seats as three on the right side and 2 on the left or 3/2 seating, but the DC-8 had 6 across seating. Things that make you go "Hmm".

@Vah_Re_Vah 3 жыл бұрын

Nice .....

@PartTimeLaowai Жыл бұрын

Fascinating film! BTW the combined thrust of those 4 "huge" engines (6:46) is now equalled by a single engine like GE's CF6-80C2 (used by the Airbus A310 and Boeing 767 among others)

@seoceancrosser Жыл бұрын

This film might have been made after 1963. Kennedy Airport was known as Idlewild until December of 1963. Delta was the first operator of the aircraft in September of 1959. United didn’t fly it until 1966.

@LostAnFound 3 жыл бұрын

A propeller is a rotating airfoil, not a drill.

@LostAnFound 3 жыл бұрын

Dumbass

@WAL_DC-6B 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video spotlighting United's relatively new DC-8 jetliner! I have one of those aluminum "Douglas Factory" UAL DC-8-10 models with stand as seen at 6:30. It's heavy enough where if you tie a rope around it you can use it as a boat anchor!

@hugejohnson5011 3 жыл бұрын

Cool! Did you work in aviation?

@WAL_DC-6B 3 жыл бұрын

@@hugejohnson5011 No, retired railroad locomotive engineer.

@hugejohnson5011 3 жыл бұрын

@@WAL_DC-6B Cool machinery as well there. Semi-retired trucker myself. I believe the only reason I did the job was so I could still play with trucks!

@Redwhiteblue-gr5em Жыл бұрын

I remember as a child riding on the Mainliner DC8 from San Francisco to Kennedy airport in 1967. My Dad and I wore suits and ties and it had 2+2 seats in a row. Watched a movie and ate dinner on plates made of china.

@bendover9411 3 жыл бұрын

Look how well behaved, respectful and sane the ppl were back then, and then there's now. Smh

@davenone7312 2 жыл бұрын

Yup now we fly with "The People of Wal-Mart" due to fares as low as $29!!

@jfchonors8873 2 жыл бұрын

Love the passenger wearing a mink stole deplaning.

@watchgoose 3 жыл бұрын

My father flew those!

@kevinm2025 3 жыл бұрын

🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын

I'm 65, I flew first in 59 on a prop DC7, then in 68 on this DC8. This is an accurate depiction,folks actually dressed to the nines back then up until the mid 70s.

@andrewstinson3284 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the cabin of the DC-8 did not have an exit door in the center of the rear galley, as depicted...lol! That was more likely a DC-9 or a 727 cabin mock-up, in the video.

@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын

Yes w/ 5 abreast seating.The DC8 s I flew on were 6 abreast.

@r.d.sussmann9672 3 жыл бұрын

The date of this film is incorrect for two reasons (AvGeeks will recognize both) 1.) The airliner is landing at Kennedy International Airport - not named as such until 1964; 2.) The mock-up they're using for the in-flight service is that of the soon-to-be delivered 727-100 (The airstair door is on the back of the cabin.

@jimandmandy 3 жыл бұрын

And 2x3 seating that I dont remember on United 727's, 2x2 in front and 3x3 in back, but, like you said, this was probably an early Boeing cabin mockup.

@waterheaterservices 2 жыл бұрын

A 64-66 GMC truck joins the chat

@E.L.RipleyAtNostromo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Periscope films, love these old views into how things used to be! One note though, “Tasty dishes prepared in advance!” LOL! You mean a bag of peanuts while you’re shoehorned into a 27” wide seat with no legroom, that’s 3/4 the size of the old standard coach seats, after having been anally probed by incompetent minimum wage TSA hacks looking to confiscate your personal property for themselves? I hate the airlines. I’d take the train, but the Government has ruined that as well, which no one ever thought possible.

@gretchenlittle6817 Жыл бұрын

There wouldn't even be transcontinental passenger train service without "the government" assuming the responsibility. Say what you will about Amtrak -- it's not perfect -- but our economic system encouraged the demise of passenger rail service. Is it really capitalism you don't trust?

@E.L.RipleyAtNostromo Жыл бұрын

@@gretchenlittle6817 Yeah, I completely reject your presumption. There’s billions to be made from indispensable rail. “Assuming the responsibility?” It now costs $1500 to take a train cross country, which was something generations of Americans enjoyed cheaply. The Incompetent Government injecting their toxic selves into a free market connected regional system that worked flawlessly and cheaply for over 100 years destroyed it. Trucking didn’t used to be the sole transport system, it was strictly capillary transport to assist arterial rail which was far cheaper. They ruined it just like everything else they ruin that overfed Government touches, because they reject the concept of having to be profitable. Amtrak is hardly “Capitalism.” Meddling, incompetent bureaucratic hacks who know best, the same ones who later brought us the febrile bumblers at the TSA searching peoples shoes and confiscating bottles of water while providing a zero increase in safety. No thanks. Anyone who would defend their involvement and is an apologist for their inept meddling is a big part of the problem.

@radudeATL 3 жыл бұрын

We don't deserve you, Periscope Film. We don't deserve you...

@hueyman624 2 жыл бұрын

Being around the Airline industry since the late 70s, I have seen the change from people dressing to fly to Scary people we have today. And imagine attractive and trim Flight attendants.....who are actually nice. Well I do have to say some are nice, but many are crabby old bags

@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын

You got that right.

@mikedeal3466 Жыл бұрын

The interior part of the movie is of a B-727. Notice the center of aircraft door in the back of the cabin. Not a DC-8.

@geniusmcwhatnot9869 Жыл бұрын

the narration was done after 1959...he mentions kennedy international not idlewild.

@notvalidcharacters Жыл бұрын

10:57 "electronic brain" -- before the word "computer" was current

@desertmodern7638 Жыл бұрын

Very nice film, with great interior and exterior footage, but some of the vehicles shown are 1964 or 1965 models, not 1959.

@altfactor 2 жыл бұрын

At the 13:00 point, the background music is the same music CBS News used in the 1960's as the "sounder" introducing hourly radio newscasts and radio news bulletins.

@lekoman Жыл бұрын

“Nineteen-three” made me giggle.

@jpsned Жыл бұрын

Yes, interesting peek at how that date was spoken back then.

@Ltulrich 3 жыл бұрын

They forgot to mention the multiplayer games in the seat mounted tablets

@randywilson944 Жыл бұрын

Operation jet liner, don’t carry me too far away 🎸 🎤

@williamhudson4938 Жыл бұрын

How many people caught that the hand drill wasn't dragging out any chips?

@eddylauterback1312 2 жыл бұрын

That engineer "looked over the plane" or he was walking around trying to sober up.

@LuciFeric137 3 жыл бұрын

I flew on the ol smokers a few times

@criminalnchief5989 Жыл бұрын

Oswald was a radar man in atsugi Japan CIA base with CIA U 2s in 1959

@34SV 3 жыл бұрын

4.35, épico

@ShakespeareCafe 11 ай бұрын

They arrive in New York only to find their luggage missing.

@livingladolcevita7318 2 жыл бұрын

mmm gets colder as you go higher lol

@hashtag415 3 жыл бұрын

I've been reading a book about an immortal dog. It's impossible to put it down.

@michaelinhouston9086 3 жыл бұрын

For another book you cannot put down, I recommend "Developments in Anti-gravity"

@hashtag415 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelinhouston9086 I've got a book on levitation but I can't seem to hang on to it.

@hashtag415 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelinhouston9086 I'm in SW H-Town.

@hugejohnson5011 3 жыл бұрын

Book about the "History Of Glue" that I can't let go of, and looking forward to "Paper Towels: Bounty To Viva" that should be an absorbing read. I'll shut up now.

@hashtag415 3 жыл бұрын

@@hugejohnson5011 I bought a book on how to become invisible, but I haven't seen it since I got it home.

@manhoot 3 жыл бұрын

This sure was swell

@waterheaterservices 2 жыл бұрын

Gee willackers it was

@sl5311 Жыл бұрын

Kansas City and St. Louis. These cities left behind in globalization.

@patrickfuchs3859 Жыл бұрын

Notice how well people conducted themselves. Now we have people getting on no-fly lists and getting refused for inappropriate clothing.

@KarmaFlight Жыл бұрын

Our 747-8s use the new GenX engines that produce about 64,000 lbs of thrust each with a gross takeoff weight of 975,000 lbs. Standing on the shoulders of giants!

@davenone7312 2 жыл бұрын

Upon landing the engines are reversed?? The thrust from the engines is redirected but the engines continue to turn in the same direction.

@drjorgeanderson1338 3 жыл бұрын

This film was made after 1963. It's not 1959 and the reason for that is Idlewild Airport, was not rename JFK Airport until after November 1963. The airport Idyllwild was renamed after the assassination of JFK. So this film was not made for a 1959 audience oh, the film has to be after 1963

@eastmarvista3267 Жыл бұрын

Still applies to 2022.

@757boing Жыл бұрын

The title says 1959 but called the airport 'Kennedy' which wasn't it's name until 1964.

@sugarplum5824 Ай бұрын

Was it Kennedy Airport in NY in 1959?

@larryfridlikh5673 Жыл бұрын

New York International Airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 24, 1963

@DaveSCHS Жыл бұрын

This is not 1959. The narrator says the plane will land at "Kennedy International Airport." Idlewild wasn't renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport until Dec. 24, 1963.

@moose354 3 жыл бұрын

You want to book a flight? It's 1959 and you call a ticket agent at the airline. They use the "reservisor" (at 10:30) to check availability and actually book your flight. Didn't they see the internet coming?

@bluesparklingdiamond9565 Жыл бұрын

United's originality.

@michaelgrey7854 Жыл бұрын

Some of this footage is actually of the 727

@gasaholic47 Жыл бұрын

This is NOT from 1959. Kennedy Airport wasn't named that until after Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. In '59, it was still Idelwild Airport. .

@ArneRagnarsson 3 жыл бұрын

That time, they know how to treat the package. Not like today as FeedEx and UPS.

@MP-zf7kg 3 жыл бұрын

Another small error: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n5uelZSJxNrah2Q.html the engines aren't "reversed". The thrust from the engines is reversed; this is done by extending thrust reverser gates over the engine tail, forcing most of the exhaust gases forward, against the direction of the plane.

@hugejohnson5011 3 жыл бұрын

You and I both know that, but I let it slide, as it isn't an in depth documentary, as much as an overall glance at the whole deal. In my humble opinion, they did pretty a pretty good job at touching on many facets of the operation.

@louispoche4312 3 жыл бұрын

Title says this film is from 1959...but the narrator calls new york 'Keenedy Internatioal' instead of Idyllwild

@cherry63376 3 жыл бұрын

The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport

@Airships Жыл бұрын

"An airplane is steered by means of its tail surfaces." 5:40 Sorry. WRONG. :)

@PaulCarmona 3 жыл бұрын

I don't get the time code or watermark - this should be public domain, so I don't see the need to heavily watermark this interesting video

@PeriscopeFilm 3 жыл бұрын

Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZfaq users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

@PaulCarmona 3 жыл бұрын

@@PeriscopeFilm Thanks so much for taking the time to reply, I totally understand your situation now and appreciate the valuable work you do

@deanchapman1824 2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't JFK Airport until 1964.

@kimberlywentworth9160 3 жыл бұрын

Mostly men on this flight. The flight attendants have to wear and walk on those uncomfortable high heals.

@vladilenkalatschev4915 Жыл бұрын

Most probably 1964-1965

@misterwhipple2870 Жыл бұрын

15:40: "Kennedy" International Airport??? This is 1964 at the earliest, N O T 1959 as stated in the title!

@tedsaylor6016 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine the "insurrection" if Men were asked to wear suits with ties these days...

@jimandmandy 3 жыл бұрын

These promo scenes were not real paying passengers, but employees dressed up to make everything look perfect. Note the unrealistic lack of cigarettes and smoke.

@gus473 3 жыл бұрын

As a requirement of traveling on an employee pass, you were expected to be well dressed! Also, when asked by a flight attendant if you wanted a meal, you were to ask if there were enough -- which also served as an "insider's code!" Once, after asking, I was served a "leftover" lobster dinner! And afterwards, I enjoyed a cigarette! ಠಿ_ಠ

@stevencramsie9172 3 жыл бұрын

..or if businessmen weren't allowed to sexually harass flight attendants anymore.

@waterheaterservices 2 жыл бұрын

We look like a bunch of Walmart and Waffle House customers now

@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын

I'm 65,this is how folks traveled back then.They even said please & thank you!

@garytherocketman9255 3 жыл бұрын

The interior passenger cabin scenes show a five-abreast seating arrangement--think of all the lost revenue! No modern airline CEO would permit sacrificing revenue for passenger comfort.

@richardmorris7063 Жыл бұрын

These planes had 6 abreast seating on the ones I flew on ,the 727 & DC9 had 5 abreast.I think they showed the interior shots of the 727 w/ the rear exit door.

@katewhite2465 Жыл бұрын

Flying in the 60s, when flying was less a Hunger Games battle. I flew on UAL DC8 flights and beautiful, THIN, flight attendants often pinned wings on me, Amelia Earhart was a hero...oh, and all airlines served hot meals. If I recall, DC8's had a 3-2 seating configuration.

@chupacabra1765 Жыл бұрын

As a serious aviation aficionado, I feel , Louis Bleriot was the mark of the first practical airplane, that steered away from the kite design. All modern aircraft followed the Bleriot design. 1909 marks the date of the coming of age that was the example of the modern airplane.

@thorgodofthunder2713 3 жыл бұрын

Title says 1959 film yet they flew to NYC and landed at Kennedy Airport. A miracle? Time travel? Plz ‘splain.

@djpalindrome 11 ай бұрын

Passengers dressed in suits and ties and being served full course meals, not being herded like cattle.

@Bus429 Жыл бұрын

The analogy of a propellor screwing it’s way through the air like a drill bit through wood is totally wrong. The action of the propellor and the jet engine, though produced by different methods, are both examples of Newton’s Third Law.

@brianbice1427 2 жыл бұрын

The first flight was actually in New Zealand just before the Wright brothers

@johnwatt2748 Жыл бұрын

That's right! Richard Pearce was first to fly in 1902

@frontcentermusician 2 жыл бұрын

14:35 oops....

@SpantaxDC10 Жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment hahaha.

@663rainmaker 3 жыл бұрын

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@daverossiter717 Жыл бұрын

Mandela effect? In 1959 JFK was still Idlewild Airport. Name changed to JFK in Dec, 1963.

@MP-zf7kg 3 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n5uelZSJxNrah2Q.html I don't think this is correct. At startup, there's an igniter. After that, fuel/air mix spontaneously combusts, just the same as a blowtorch.