*75 ans de la ligne Paris-Francfort* screen title.

Documentary (2022)
English title: 75 Years Air France Paris-Frankfurt

Production:
PPAA Audivisual Communication Agency (Productor)

Also from this series:
Air France La saga series

For 75 years Air France have connected Frankfurt to the world via Paris!

1947

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

At Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG).
Seems to be either F-BCYE or F-BCYF. 2 other aircraft of the same type in the background.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Used for postal service.

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Registration F-BCYV, c/n 10141. Delivered new to USAAF in 1943, registered 42-24279. Sold to Air France in November 1950, registered F-BCYV. Sold to Fretair in January 1970. Sold to Vargas Aviation in June 1971. Sold to Uni-Air International in May 1976. Broken up in April 1978.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.F-BCYV Douglas C-47A-50-DL Skytrain of Air France.

1951

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Orly (ORY). Titled 1951, but rather 1946.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
1 - Douglas DC-4-1009 of Air France.
2 - Douglas DC-4-1009 or Douglas C-54 Skymaster unidentified livery.
3 - Douglas DC-3 or Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
4 - Douglas DC-3 or Douglas C-47 Skytrain.

Douglas DC-4-1009

At Aéroport de Paris-Orly (ORY).

Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster

Registration F-BELJ, c/n DO50/3108. Delivered new to the USAAF in October 1943, registered 41-37317. Bought by American Airlines in 1946, registered N90413, named 413 Flagship Cleveland. Sold to Air France in June 1949, registered F-BELJ. Sold to Air Vietnam in 1969, re-registered XV-NUN in March 1974. Scrapped.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Closer view on registration last letters LJ.

Douglas C-54B-15-DO Skymaster

Registration F-BHEH, c/n 18381. Delivered new to the USAAF in 1944, registered 43-17181. Sold to American Airlines in December 1945, registered N90422 named 422- Flagship Chicago, renamed 422 Airfreighter Baltimore in April 1946. Sold to Air France in April 1956, registered F-BHEH. Sold to Cameroon Airlines in September 1971, registered TJ-CCA. Written off.
The footage here cannot be from 1951. Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

At Flughafen Frankfurt Rhein-Main (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main / Frankfurt Airport (FRA/EDDF) nowadays).
It can't be 1951, since the Super Constellation entered in Air France fleet in 1953.

Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster

At Flughafen Frankfurt Rhein-Main.
Registration F-BELI, c/n DO40/3098. Delivered new to the USAAF in August 1943, registered 41-37307. Bought by American Airlines in 1946, registered N90409, named 409 . Sold to Air France in August 1949, registered F-BELI. Leased to Air Vietnam in January 1963, then to Royal Air Cambodge in 1964. Bought by Royal Air Cambodge December 1964, registered XH-GAH. Sold to Royal Air Lao in February 1968, registered XW-TDE. Written off in February 1972 went missing over Laos reportedly shot down (23 fatalities).

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.F-BELI Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster of Air France.

1960

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

Familiar silhouette (for a boomer like me) of the Caravelle with its rear staircase, the first of its kind in aeronautical construction.
Tiny part of fuselage from an unidentified aircraft in the background left.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

If she is flying over the Alps or the Pyrenees, there is a navigational error in reaching Frankfurt from Paris.

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I

Prototype demo aircraft from Sud Aviation in standard Air France colours at Flughafen Frankfurt Main.
Registration F-WHHH, c/n 01. First flight on May 27th 1955 with Sud Aviation/Air France colours. Registered F-BHHH and painted in SAS-Scandinavian Airlines System colours in May 1956, named Finn Viking, as demo aircraft. Re-painted with Air France colours. Final flight in April 1966, then displayed at Paris-Orly (ORY). Broken up in October 1986.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

We go back in time.

Reg.F-BHHH Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I in first livery of Air France.

1974

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) which opened on March 8th 1974. See discussion tab (1).
1 - Douglas DC-8-63 of UTA-Union de Tranports Aériens.
2 - Boeing 747-128 of Air France.
3 - Boeing 727-228 of Air France.
4 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.
5 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.
6 - Boeing 707 or Douglas DC-8 with unknown livery.

Airbus A300B2-1C

Taking off from Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) in front of UTA hangars. See discussion tab (2)

Airbus A300B2-1C

Unidentified ATC tower in the background.

Registration F-BVGF, c/n 13. First flight on May 31st 1975. Delivered to Air France in June 1975. Sold to Air Inter in February 1983. Broken up in September 1996 at Municipal Airport, Ardmore USA (Oklahoma) (KADM/ADM).

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.F-BVGF Airbus A300B2-1C of Air France.

1976

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101

Taking off from Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). See discussion tab (3)

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101

At Flughafen Frankfurt Main (FRA) in 1976, a chartered Concorde 101 visited Frankfurt in Germany for the first time. 18000 spectators were counted. It seems the event was sponsored by tabacco manufacturer Peter Stuyvesant.

Registration F-BVFA Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101, c/n 205. First flight on October 10th 1975 as Aérospatiale. Delivered new to Air France in December 1975. Leased to Braniff International Airways from January 1979 to January 1980, registered N94FA. Returned to Air France in January 1980. Last flight on June 12th 2003. On display at Udvar-Hazy, National Air & Space Museum, VA.

Boeing 747-244B of SAA-South African Airways in the background.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.F-BVFA Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 of Air France.

1981

Boeing 727-228

Tail fin of a 727-228 passing by the ATC tower of Flughafen Frankfurt Main (FRA).
Registration F-BPJM, c/n 20204/778. Delivered new to Air France in December 1969. Sold to Meridian Trust Co. in February 1991, registered N727DH. Converted to freighter. Operated by DHL Aviation until 2003. Bought by Astar Air Cargo for a contract with DHL Express. Sold to Air Trading International in September 2004. Scrapped.

Boeing 727-228

Closing the staircase for an imminent departure to Paris at Flughafen Frankfurt Main (FRA). See discussion tab (4).
Tail fin of a Boeing 747 possibly from Lufthansa.

Leaving Flughafen Frankfurt Main (FRA).

1983

Boeing 737-33A

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG 2A). Can't be from 1983 as stated below.
Registration F-GFUD, c/n 24027/1597. First flight in August 1988 as The Boeing Company. Delivered new to Aéromaritime in september 1988 (financial leasing AWAS). Leased to Europe Aero Service between June 1990 to February 1991, then to Air France from April 1991 to February 2004. Leased to Air Comet in June 2004 (under AWAS leasing), registered EC-IZM. Leased to Hola Airlines (AWAS) in May 2006, registration EC-JTV. Sub-leased to Olympic Airlines in June 2006. Returned to Hola Airlines (AWAS) in January 2008. Returned to AWAS in November 2008, registered N270AW. Stored. Broken up in October 2010.

Reg.F-GFUD Boeing 777-33A of Air France.

1990

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG 2D) which opened in 1989. See discussion tab (5).
1 - Airbus A300 of Air France.
2 - Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 of Air France.
3 - Boeing 727-228 of Air France.
4 - Boeing 747-128 of Air France.
5 - Unidentified Aircraft .

Airbus A320-211

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
2X Boeing 747-4B3M of Air France in the background.

Illegible registration.

2022

Embraer ERJ 190 STD

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
Registration F-HBLP, c/n 19000771. First flight in December 21st 2019, registered PR-EIG as Embraer SA. Delivered to Air France Hop in December 2019, registered F-HBLP.