6½ Magic Hours
Documentary (1958)
Production:
G.E. Weiler (Writter)
F.D. Kay (Productor)
Also from this series:
Pan Am's other series
A celebration of transatlantic commercial jet travel: 6.5 hours from New York to London. Columbus took two months, Lindbergh took 33 hours, but by 1954, Pan-Am's Boeing 707 Jet Clipper flew 575 miles per hour at 35,000 feet, crossing the ocean in less than seven hours with twice as many passengers as prop planes. The flight begins at a new terminal at Idlewild; cargo and mail go on first; the flight is comfortable, vibration and anxiety free, with good food, capacious restrooms, and little noise. The result is a more restful flight and more time at one's destination. After a preview of London, the film ends with a quick visit to Paris, only seven hours from New York
Douglas DC-7B (desk model)
At New-York International Airport Pan Am's travel agency. See discussion tab (1)
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 707 (silhouette)
Flight 1000, complete simulation of actual flight to prepare for revolution in transportation that is now here, the advent of commercial flying by jet clipper. See discussion tab (2)
Douglas DC-8-32 (model)
Future Worldport Terminal at New-York International Airport.
Boeing 707-121
On the tarmac of New-York International Airport.
Unidentified Aircraft
In front of maintenance halls at New-York International Airport.
Douglas DC-6
Douglas DC-6
Boeing 707-121
At New-York International Airport.
Registration N707PA, c/n 17587/2. First flight in March 1958, named Clipper America. Delivered to Pan American World Airways in December 1958, renamed Jet Clipper Maria. Converted later as 707-121B fitted with 4x Pratt&Whitney JT3D-8. Sold to Pan Ayer Corp. and leased to Turkish Airlines in January 1974, registered TC-JBA. Returned to Pan Ayer in December 1977, registered HP-551, then HP-780. Sold to IALI in August 1979, re-registered N707PA. Stored at Miami International (KMIA/MIA). Broken up in May 1988.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Unidentified Aircraft in the far background.
Taking off from New-York International Airport.
Note the Douglas DC-6 or Douglas DC-7 to the left in the background.
Boeing 707-121
In flight views on route to London.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 707-121 (interior)
Individual newly designed overhead light unit.
Boeing 707-121 (goodies)
House of cards proving the complete absence of vibrations.
Puzzle 707.
Jet Clipper coloring book.
Boeing 707-121
Reaching England's coast.
On approach to London, lowering of the landing gear.
Landing at London Heathrow Airport, 6 ½ hours later.
Boeing 707-121
New-York to Paris, 7 hours. Only 30mns longer than to London.
Way back to New-York.
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