This 1950s airline promo film shows us the final assembly and early flight tests of the prototype Douglas DC-8 jetliner to roll off the Long Beach assembly line. Back then, airliner test pilots had to wear helmets during the test flights, to protect themselves from an airborne evacuation. This film opens with showing the Douglas …Read more »
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Trans Canada Air Lines Flight Attendants 1950s – JetFlix TV video released
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight Attendants 1950s This interesting film about Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight Attendants in the 1950s is now streaming on JetFlix.TV. This film was digitized as a part of Air Canada’s archives some years ago, which was a massive undertaking that we completed, but we never presented this show on DVD. We now …Read more »
Getting Canada Off The Ground 1972 – JetFlix TV video released
Getting Canada Off the Ground Circa 1972 This 1972 film is part of Air Canada’s historical film archives that we digitized in Ottawa several years back, that we did not release on DVD. We are pleased to announce it is now available for streaming here at www.JetFlix.TV Back in 1972 the Air Traffic Controllers in …Read more »
Assignment Jet Colorama US Navy Blue Angels F-11 Tiger 1960s – JetFlix TV video released
Back in the early 1960s Kodak partnered with the US Navy Blue Angels to create a massive billboard photo mural to appear in Grand Central Station in New York City. This effort was documented in a short film that explained how a special aviation air-to-air photographer travelled to Naval Air Station Key West in Florida …Read more »
Air Age Distribution 1960s – JetFlix.TV New Release
Back in the early 1960s air cargo was still a relatively young industry, but still full of promise. This short film was made to educate shippers that cargo could cost effectively go by air instead of via slower surface routes. At the time, new first generation jetliners like the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 were …Read more »
British Aviation Industry 1920s to 1950s – JetFlix.TV New Release
The period between the 1920s and 1950s saw Britain make massive advancement in aviation, much of which was fuelled by the need to protect the country from Germany during the ravages of World War II. This film charts this interesting period in great detail, highlighting all the many aircraft manufacturers in Britain and their respective …Read more »