1950-1959AVIATION
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL. IN 1954 A SERIES OF OVER A THOUSAND "PAPER FLIGHTS" (A COMPLETE SIMULATION OF ACTUAL FLIGHTS WITH PLANES) ARE USED TO PREPARE FOR ADVENT OF COMMERCIAL FLIGHT BY JET CLIPPER, PAN AM GOES THROUGH ALL THE STEPS INCLUDING SALE OF TICKETS, ALL OTHER PRE-FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO GAIN VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR JET TRAVEL, BEFORE FINALLY DOING THE ACTUAL FLIGHTS ACROSS ATLANTIC TO LONDON
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MS WAIST DOWN SHOTS OF MEN WOMEN CROSSING STREET TO AIRPORT, WITH LUGGAGE IN HAND. TILT UP AIRPORT BUILDING, CIRCA 1954. CU HAND PLACING PRESS ON NUMBERS ON TOTE BOARD, SHOWING FLIGHT NUMBER AND GATE. HAND PLACES 1000 UNDER FLIGHT NUMBER. CU ZOOM IN "FLT. 1000" (IMAGINARY FLIGHT)
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MS FEMALE TICKET AGENT GIVES TICKET TO MALE CUSTOMER, BACK TO CAMERA. WALL MAP WITH PAN AM JET LINER IN FLIGHT IN B/G. PAN VARIETY BAGGAGE TAGS ON WALL IN BACK OF CONVEYOR BELT. LUGGAGE ROLLS BY ON CONVEYOR UNDER TAGS.
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| 00:29:08 80.43 |
FLT 1000 RUNWAY SANS AIRLINER. SOUND OF AIRLINER TAKING OFF. ROLLING CLOUDS AS SEEN BY IMAGINARY AIRLINER IN FLIGHT.
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| 00:29:38 110.43 |
VARIOUS VIEWS MEN SENDING UP WEATHER BALLOONS ON LAND AND AT SEA. MS TECHNICIAN PEERING THROUGH SEXTON. ROTATING RADAR ANTENNA ON SHIP. CU FINGERS TYPING ON TELETYPE MACHINE. CU FINGERS TAPPING OUT TELEGRAPH MESSAGE (CIRCA 1950S)
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| 00:30:15 148.43 |
PAN MINIATURE MODEL OF PAN AM MODERN NEW TERMINAL, COMPLETE WITH MODELS JET LINERS AND BAGGAGE CONVEYORS, UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT IDLEWILD AIRPORT IN NEW YORK (NOW KENNEDY AIRPORT)
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| 00:30:54 187.43 |
IRIS VIEW NEW PAN AM BOEING 707 JET CLIPPER, TAXIS ON RUNWAY. MS FORK LIFTS CARRY HUGE LOAD OF CARGO, MAIL IN CARTONS TO JET TOWARDS CAMERA. CU SAME. CU TILT DOWN BAGS OF MAIL. CU TWO CHILDREN POINT TO AIRLINER.
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| 00:31:23 216.43 |
MS HUGE JET ENGINE ON WING HOVERS OVER PASSENGERS CLIMBING STAIRS ONTO AIRLINER. MS TWO COUPLES ON OUTSIDE RAMP OF AIRPORT, MAN POINTS TO SKY AS MATE, OTHER COUPLE LOOKS UPWARD.
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| 00:31:31 224.43 |
LS LONG LINE OF PASSENGERS BOARDING PAN AM 707 JET AIRLINER ONTO PLANE VIA ROLLING STAIRWAY. MS SAME WITH STEWARDESS GREETING EACH ONE. MS COUPLE[
SQUEEZE INTO THEIR SEATS INSIDE JET. MS LAST PERSON ABOARD, TOWARDS CAMERA, IS PURSER WITH BRIEFCASE CONTAINING LOG, MANIFEST, OTHER DOCUMENTS |
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MCU PILOT AND CO-PILOT IN COCKPIT, PILOT COMMUNICATING WITH CONTROL TOWER OVER HAND HELD MIC.
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| 00:32:10 262.43 |
MS TAXIING AIRLINER (L TO R) TURNS TOWARDS CAMERA AND COMPLETELY AROUND, TAIL TO CAMERA, AS IT PREPARES TO TAKE OFF. MLS CROWD WAVING TO AIRLINER.
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| 00:32:31 284.43 |
MS SPEEDING RUNWAY AS SEEN BY PILOT AS IT SPEEDS FOR TAKE OFF. LS JET CLIPPER TAKING OFF TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 00:33:05 317.43 |
CU SLOW PAN BOEING 707 JET LINER IN FLIGHT, SLOWLY APPEARING ON SCREEN (R TO L), FIRST THE NOSE, THEN ENTIRE BODY OF PLANE WITH "PAN AMERICAN" SEEN CLEARLY ON FUSELAGE, THEN THE TAIL SECTION.
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MS STEWARDESS OFFERING COUPLE MAGAZINES AS THEY SIT COMFORTABLY IN SEATS. THE TWO ACCEPT, READING MAGAZINES. CU INDIVIDUAL LIGHT UNITS.
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MS WOMAN FIXES HER HAIR BY MIRROR IN SPACIOUS POWDER ROOM ON PLANE. (1 TWO COUPLES SIT IN SPACIOUS CABIN, MAKE PYRAMIDS WITH PHOTOS DEMONSTRATING ABSENCE OF VIBRATION IN PLANE IN FLIGHT.
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| 00:33:44 357.43 |
MS ABOVE VIEW JET CLIPPER IN FLIGHT. GROUPS OF COUPLES BEING SERVED DRINKS, SNACKS, BY STEWARDESS AS THEY SIT AROUND IN LIVING ROOM-LIKE CABIN. NO SOUND, NO VIBRATION EXPERIENCED BY GROUP.
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| 00:34:06 378.43 |
MCU CAPTAIN ADDRESSING PASSENGERS OVER HAND HELD MIC AND HEAD SET. MS COUPLE SIT IN SPACIOUS SEATS WITH TABLE CLOTH COVERED TABLES IN FRONT OF THEM AS THEY ENJOY CHAT, DRINKS BEFORE DINING. MS HOSTESS ROLLS CART WITH FOOD IN F/G. CU HOSTESS'
HAND PICKS UP MORSELS OF FOOD WITH SPOON AND FORK. PLACES THEM ON DISK. VOICE OVER CAPTAIN TALKING OF FLIGHT. |
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MS MAN, TEEN GIRL, WOMAN SIT SIDE BY SIDE IN THREE SEATS FACING CAMERA, BEING SERVED TRAYS OF FOOD ON FOLD DOWN TABLES IN FRONT OF THEM. VOICE OVER, CAPTAIN ANNOUNCES ARRIVAL AT LONDON AIRPORT. CU HAND POURS COFFEE INTO CUP.
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MS WOMAN, TEEN DAUGHTER PLAY TABLES GAMES ARE JOINED BY STEWARDESS WITH DRINKS. MS MAN WOMAN PLAYING CHESS. MAN READS MAGAZINE AS WOMAN NEXT TO HIM IN F/G LAYS BACK ON RECLINING SEAT. HOSTESS PLACES BLANKET ON HER.
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| 00:35:33 465.43 |
STEWARDESS LIGHTS UP MAN'S CIGAR AS CHILD PEERS OUT PLANE WINDOW IN SPACIOUS CABIN. LS PAN AMERICAN BOING 707 IN FLIGHT, ENGLAND SHORES
BELOW. POV PLANE ALONGSIDE. |
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LS REAR VIEW PLANE LOWERING LANDING GEAR AS IT DESCENDS. AERIAL VIEW LONDON LANDMARKS ALONG THAMES RIVER. (BIG BEN, OTHERS). LS PLANE TOUCHES DOWN.
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| 00:36:45 537.43 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS FAMED BRITISH "TROOPING THE COLOUR", CELEBRATING THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. LS QUEEN ELIZABETH ON HORSEBACK, IN UNIFORM, SALUTES COLORFUL PARADE, UNIQUE MARCHING.
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| 00:37:50 602.43 |
EIFFEL TOWER IN PARIS AS SEEN FROM BOTTOM LOOKING UP. VOICE OVER "PARIS, ONLY 7 HOURS, ONLY 30 MINUTES LONGER THAN LONDON". VARIOUS LANDMARKS ALONG SEINE RIVER IN PARIS.
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| 00:38:11 623.43 |
PEOPLE SEATED AT OUTDOOR CAFES IN PARIS AS CROWDS OF PEDESTRIANS PASS. CARS PARKED PARALLEL ALONG CURB IN F/G. MS GENDARME (COP) GIVES DIRECTIONS TO YOUNG COUPLE. BUS TOWARDS CAMERA. MAN BAITS HOOK ON LONG FISHING POLE ALONG RIVERSIDE AS EXCURSION BOAT SAILS BY IN B/G
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MLS SUBWAY CARS ROOL ON ELEVATED TRACKS, EIFFEL TOWER IN B/G..
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LIT UP NEON SIGNS IN NIGHT CLUB DISTRICT INCLUDE, "LIDO", "MOULIN ROUGE". CU BUBBLY CHAMPAIGN IN GLASS. MS CHORUS GIRLS DANCING IN SKIMPY COSTUMES, TOWARDS CAMERA.
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LS PAN AM PLANE CLIPPER IN FLIGHT
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