Flight to the Sun
Documentary (1956)
Production:
Harry Rabinowitz (Music)
Ken Jones (Featuring)
Leonard Sachs (Narrator)
Peter Russell (Sound Editor)
Maurice Askew (Sound Recordist)
Harold Weaver (Editor and Director)
Also from this series:
SATOUR films series
This film "Flight to the Sun" is presented by the South African tourism organization known as Satour. This historical film was produced during the apartheid period in South Africa. It contains propaganda elements that explicitly or tacitly support racism and racial separation. It is presented for historical purposes only, to help document in part a period of terrible repression.
Douglas DC-7B
Boarding at London Heathrow Airport (LHR).[ See discussion tab (1)].
South African Airways/Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens operated 4 airplanes of the type: ZS-DKD/E/F/G.
Douglas DC-7B
In flight on route to Rome.
On approach to Aeroporto Ciampino (CIA).[ See discussion tab (2)].
Douglas DC-7B
Flight above Africa.[ See discussion tab (3)].
Descent flight towards Johannesburg.
Douglas DC-7B
On approach to Jan Smuts Airport/Lughawe Jan Smuts (JNB).
Landing at Jan Smuts Airport/Lughawe Jan Smuts (JNB).[ See discussion tab (4)].
Lockheed L-749A Constellation
In the background at Jan Smuts Airport/Lughawe Jan Smuts (JNB).
One of the 4 airplanes of the type operated by the company: ZS-DBR/S/T/U.
Complete shutdown of all 4 Wright R-3350 Duplex Cyclone of the DC-7B.
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