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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbG17ldJVvw&t=127s Filmorama Holiday at YouTube] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbG17ldJVvw&t=127s Filmorama Holiday at YouTube] | ||
− | *[https://www.imcdb.org/movie_1004524323-Filmorama-Holiday.html | + | *[https://www.imcdb.org/movie_1004524323-Filmorama-Holiday.html Filmorama Holiday at IMCDb] |
[[Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] | [[Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] |
Revision as of 15:04, 22 February 2024
Documentary (1954)
Production:
Jack Camp (Writter and Editor)
Norman F.Schley (Narrator)
A journey through Europe in the mid 50s: Portugal (Lisbon, Sintra), Spain (Madrid,Toledo), Italy (Rome,Venice), Switzerland (Geneva), Netherlands (Amsterda and countryside), France (Paris) and UK (London and countryside).
Lockheed Constellation
Start of the film inside the cockpit of a Constellation.
Douglas C-47A-25-DK Skytrain
Ready for boarding at Aeroporto de Lisboa - Portela.
Registration EC-AET, c/n 13375. Delivered new to the USAAF, registered 42-93461. Transferred to RAF as Douglas Dakota III in 1945, registered KG616. Sold to Westminster Airways in January 1947, registered G-AJAY. Sold to Iberia in June 1950, registered EC-AET, named 52. Sold to Fuerza Aérea Española in 1966, registered T.3-67, then 745-67. Written off in October 1980, missing between Madrid and Perpignan on ferry flight to German Museum.
Flight to Madrid.
Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster
Boarding at Aéroport de Paris-Orly for a flight to London.
Registration F-BELI, c/n 3098. Delivered new to the USAAF in August 1943, registered 41-37307. Sold to American Airlines in 1949, registered N90409, named 409. Sold to Air France in August 1949, registered F-BELI. Shot at by Russian MiG15 fighters while enroute to Berlin-Tegel (EDDT/TXL) in April 1952. Repaired. Leased to Royal Air Cambodge in December 1964, registered XU-GAH. Bought by Royal Air Lao in June 1968, registered XW-TDE. Written off in February 1972, went missing over Laos reportedly shot down (23 fatalities).
Short S.25 Sunderland
In the distance, floating on the River Thames. Could match with the Battle of Britain week celebrations in 1951.
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