Dědeček automobil

Movie (1957)
English title: The Grandfather of Cars
Alternative English title: Vintage Car

Starring:
Raymond Bussières (Marcel Frontenac - mechanic)
Ginette Pigeon (Nanette Frontenac - daughter)
Ludek Munzar (Frantík Projsa - mechanic)
Radovan Lukavský (Václav Klement - fabricant)
Josef Hlinomaz (Count Alexandr Kolovrat)
Annette Poivre (Hotel owner)

The film is set in the early days of motoring, and is based on the memories of a participant in car and motorcycle races. It tells the story of three major international races in France.

Ilyushin Il-14P

At Praha Ruzyně (Letiště Václava Havla Praha / Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG/LKPR) nowadays). Registration DM-xxx. Could be a VEB-14P as well produced under license in East Germany.
Douglas C-47A Skytrain in the far background left.

Douglas DC-4-1009

Il-14P and C-47A listed above.

Douglas C-47A-DL Skytrain

Another one behind the cart driver.

Douglas C-47A-DL Skytrain

In the background. The one in foreground is mentioned above. Registration OK-WDR, c/n 9157. Delivered new the USAAF in 1943, regitered 42-32931. Sold to ČSA Československé Aerolinie in August 1946. Wfu in November 1958. Sold to French Chad registered F-TESW, then Air Tchad as TT-EAB. Believed shot down in Jan 1978 Chad.

Ilyushin Il-12B

Registration OK-DBD, c/n 93013515.

Reg.OK-DBD Ilyushin Il-12 of ČSA Československé Aerolinie.

Might be the same airframe.

Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation

Registration VT-DIL, c/n 4646. Delivered new to Air India in June 1956, named Rani of Nilgiris. Transferred to Bhāratīya Vāyu Senā (Indian Air Force) in 1962, registered BG-578. Wfu in 1976. Broken up in 1993.
Alson seen further 2.

Douglas DC-4-1009

Or could be a Douglas C-54 Skymaster operated also by Air France at the same time.

Convair CV-440-11 Metropolitan

Registration HB-IMH, c/n 363. Delivered new to Swissair in September 1956, named Grisons. Wfu in September 1966 after having been renamed Graub. Sold to SAHSA-Servicio Aereo de Honduras S.A in September 1966, registered HR-SAP. Sold to Servicio Aéreo San Francisco in October 1974, registered CP-1314. written off in March 1977 near at Lagura Bolivia, emergency landing after engine failure was overloaded.

Douglas DC-6

Seems a DC-6 rather a Douglas DC-4.

Douglas DC-6

Registration PH-DPB, c/n 43117/107. Delivered new to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in May 1948, registered PH-TPB, named Prins Bernhard. Re-registered PH-DPB in February 1954. Transferred to KLM West Indies in July 1958, registered PJ-DPB. Return to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in August 1963. Leased to Linn Aeronautica SA in October 1963. Leased to Nordair Nordhavet in June 1964, registered OY-AOJ. Leased back to Linn Aeronautica SA (Panama) in September 1964, re-registered PJ-DPB. Sold to Global Aero Service in October 1964, registered N12877. Leased to InterOcean Airways in May 1965. Sold to U.S. Transport Corp. New York NY in July 1966. Sold to Aerocondor Colombia in November 1967, registered HK-756. Converted to freighter Douglas DC-6F in 1970 with Aerocosta Colombia. Written off on July 10th 1975 after collision with a Lockheed L-188A Electra HK-1976.

To the left, Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation already seen above 1.

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